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originaux  sent  fiimAs  an  commandant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
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la  darniAre  paga  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

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JOURNAL 


or  two  CAUFAIGltS  OF  7J1E  FOUMTS  RMGlMEffT  OF 


U.  S.  INFANTRY, 


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MICHIGAN  ANI>  II^DIANA  TERRITORIES, 

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VMDIll   TRB  eOMMAXD  Of 

COL.   yOBN  p.  BOYD,  JI^D  LT.  COL.  JAMES  MILLER 
BURJNG  THE  YEARS  1811,  l^  12, 


BY  A1>AM  WALKER, 

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PREFACE. 


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WHEK  the  Author  of  the  fticceeding  pagei  had  de- 
termioed  on  recordiog  the  etenti  and  operations  of  the 
Regimeotto  which  he « belonged,  it  was  fir  from  his  in- 
tention to  give  them  publicitf.^They  were  noted  down 
for  the  amoirment  of  his  leifure  hoars  and  the  perufal  of 
his  FViends,  when  he  (hoold  return  from  the  toils  of  the 
Camp  and  the  fatigues  of  war  ;•— to  portray  to  the  fiew  of 
thofe  Friends  the  various  viciflitudes  of  fate  attendant  oo 
the  life  of  a  Soldier—- 'But  fince  hibVetum,  many  who  have 
pemfed  the  manufcript,  have  ezprcfled  their  ardent  de- 
fire  to  fee  it  publiihed.  and  to  gratify  their  wiflies,  hehas 
been  induced  to  fubmit  it  to  the  prefs  — He  indulges  the 
hope  that  his  fimple  narrative  will  fall  into  the  hands  of 
none  but  the  candid  and  liberal,  who  affect  not  to  defpife 
the  humble  and  unvamiflied  ule  of  the  Private  Soldier.. 

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JOURNAL. 


XhE  4th  Regiment  of  U.  S.  Infantry  was 
raised  principalUjr  in  the  year  1806 — from  the 
Hve  N.  £ngland  States,  viz.  Vermont,  NeW- 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  Rhode- Island  and 
Connecticut,  and  consisted  of*  between  8  k.  900 
men— ounder  the  command  of  Colonel  John  P, 
Boyd,— The  regiment  was  not  embodied  until— 

Ap.  29,  ^1811 — When  we  repeived  orders 
from  Government  to  rendezvous  at  the  Lazaret- 
to Barracks  on  the  Schuylkill,  Si  miles  b^^^low 
Philadetphia.7--Capt.  Whitney's  Company  of 
U.  S.  Riflemen,  then  stationed  at  Newport,  R.  L 
was  also  ordered  to  join  the  4th  regiment  at  this 
place. 

May  24th-^The  whole  regiment  (except  one 
Company  under  Capt«  Rannie,  which  were  de- 
tained at  Marblehead)  had  arrived,  and  were  im- 
med|at^y  f  >rmed,  ponsisung  of  about  600  of  as 


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noble  fellows  at  ever  trod  the  tented  field  ;  all  in 
good  health  and  fine  spirits,  and  their  discipline 
unrivalled  ;— nothing  worthy  of  note  took  place 
while  we  remained  here,  which  wab  but  a  few 
days,  except  the  degrading  situation  in  which 
Capt.  Whitney  of  the  Riflemen,  had  placed  him. 
•elf,  whi^"^  Commanding  Officer,  by  descending 
to  the  levci  of  a  Musician,  and  with  his  own 
hands  bestowing  corporeal  punishment  upon  the 
bare  posteriors  of  two  privates  of  his  Company, 
in  the  face  of  the  whole  regiment  on  parade.  Such 
conduct  |n  a  commander,  merited  and  received 
the  pointed  scorn  of  every  officer  of  then-egiment. 
—The  two  men,  who  had  heretofore  been  good 
soldiers,  deserted  within  two  hours  after  receiv- 
ing their  punishment — and  a  few  days  afterwards 
Capt.  Whitney  resigned  a  command  he  was  to- 
tally unworthy  of,  and  returned  home.— Lieut, 
A.  Hawkins,  a  fine  officer,  was  afterwards  ap* 
pointed  to  the  command  of  this  Company.^ 
We  received  our  tents,  ciimp,  equipage,  &c.  and 
Col.  Boyd  and  Lieut.  Col.  Miller,  having  ar- 
rived to  take  the  command— On  the 

SO.  June — 1811,  we  commenced  our  march 
for  Pittsburgh  {--Crowds  -of  spectators  from 


the  city  of  Philadelphia  came  to  witness  our  cle. 
parture  ;— the  day  was  extremely  warm,  and  wc 
were  almost  sulTucated  with  heat  and  du&t.— — 
We  marched  fiv«  miles  from  the  city,  and  en- 
camped about4  o*clQcki — Many  respectable  cit- 
tzens  from  Philadelphia  accpmpanitd  us  to  our 
encampment* 

I  omit  the  particulars  of  our  march  through 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  as  no  event  transpired, 
except  what  falls  to  the  lot  of  all  soldiers  on 
long  marches. — The  country  being  extremely 
rough  and  mountainous,  our  shoulders  pressed 
beneath' the  weight  of  our  cumbrous  knapsacks, 
our  feet  swollen  and  blistered,  and  performing 
toilsome  marches  beneath  a  burning  sun,  amid 
clouds  ol  dust,  in  the  warmest  season  of  the  year, 
rendered  our  situation  painful  in  the  extreme^ 
and  at  times  almost  insupportable. — A  number 
of  desertions  took  place  on  this  march,  in  con* 
sequence  of  its  having  been  whispered  amor^ 
the  troops,  that  they  were  to  be  sent  to  New- 
Orleans,— -and  it  is  believed,  had  not  Col.  Mil- 
ler  given  them  to  understand  that  no  such  thing 
was  intended,  one  third  at  least,  of  the  regiment 
would  ncTcr  have  reached  Pittsburgh  ;— how- 


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ever,  placing  'unbounded  confidence  in  the  word 
and  honor  of  Col,  Miller,  order  was  restored,  and 
the  fears  of  the  men  were  calmed.  ^^ 

On  the  10th  June,  we  arrived  at  Carlisle,  a 
handsome  little  town  about  120  miles  from 
Philadelphia,  where  we  halted  one  day,  to  refresh 
and  rest  our  wearied  limbs. 

June  12,  we  again  proceeded  on  our  march, 
and  arrived  at  the  beautiful  town  of  Pittsburgh 
on  the  28th  June,  1811.— At  Pittsburgh  we 
found  excellent  quarters,  necessaries  of  all  kinds, 
cheap  and  plenty; — the  inhabitants  were  kind, 
generous  and  hospitable, — they  knew  how  to 
commisserate,  and  were  happy  in  relieving  the 
sufferings  of  the  soldier  ;— while  we  on  our  part 
were  grateful  for  their  favors,  which  we  en* 
deavored  to  merit  by  treating  them  with  the  res- 
pect due  to  good  citizens.  Our  time  here  pass* 
ed  very  agreeably  for  tWo  or  three  weeks,  at  the 
expiration  of  which,  we  received  orders  to  de- 
scend  the  Ohio  river  to  Newport,  (Ken.) 

July  29th.  The  regiment  embarked  on  board 
ten  long  keel  boats  r  each  boat  being  sufficiently 
large  to  contain  one  Company  of  men. — With 
our  colors  flying  and  drums  beating,  we  left  the 
shore  in  regular  order,  and  comme^ed  our  pas- 


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aage  while  the  band,  atuched  to  the  regimenCi 
were  chaunting  our  favorite  ditty  of  Tankee  Doo^ 
die,  amidst  the  cheers  and  acclamations  of  the 
generous  citizens  of  Pittsburgh,  assembled  at  the 
place  of  our  embarkation.— After  a  passage  of  4 
days,  without  accident,  we  arrived  at  the  little 
town  of  Marietta,  where  we  had  the  pleasure  of 
meeting  with  many  of  our  hardy  yankce  breth* 
ren  from  N.  England.— We  tarried  here  over 
night,  and  early  next  morning  we  continued  on 
our  passage,  and  on  the  8th  of  August  wc  all 
safely  arrived  at  Newport,  a  small  village,  situ. 
ated  at  the  mouth  of  the  Licking,  which  emp. 
ties  into  the  Ohio,  and  directly  opposite  to  the 
town  of  Cincinnatti  in  the  state  of  Ohio.  Here  we 
were  to  remain  until  further  orders;  tihile Lieut. 
Hawkins  was  dispatched  to  Indiana  to  inform 
Governor  Harrison  of  our  arrival  at  Newport  and 
to  receive  his  commands. 

The  troops  at  this  time  were  perfectly  ignor- 
ant of  their  destination,  or  the  real  object  our 
government  had  in  view,  in  sending  us  at  such  a 
distance  to  the  westward.  Many  were  still  fear, 
ful  that  we  were  to  be  sent  to  New-Orleana,  and 
knowing  the  fate  of  former  troops,  that  had  been 
stationed  there,  who  had  been  swept  oflf  by  s>Lck- 


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iiess,  it  created  much  uneasiness  in  the  minds 
of  New-England  troops  ;  and  some  few  de- 
sertions took  place.— We  experienced  some 
very  warm  sultry  weather,  and  considerable  fear 
was  entertained  by  Col.  Boyd  for  the  health  of 
the  troops. — Capt.  Welsh,  an  amiable  officer, 
died  and  was  hurried  with  Masonic  and  ^^uitary 
honors. 

r.  Aug.  28th.  Lieut  Hawkins  rettfrned  with 
orders  from  Governor  Harrison  for  the  regiment 
to  proceed  with  all  possible  dispatch  to  Vincent 
ne&,  in  the  Indiana  Territory,  where  the  conduct 
of  the  Indians  on  the  Wabash  had  become  very 
alarming.  The  Governor "  had  previously 
been  authorised  to  employ  the  4th  regiment  in 
his  service,  should  circumstances  make  it  neces- 
sary, 

^On  the  3Ist  August  we  left  Newport,  and 
proceeded  down  the  Ohio,  without  difficulty, 
until  we  arrived  at  the  falls  or  rapids,  when  we 
were  obliged  to  disembark  and  have  the  baggage 
taken  from  the  boats  and  conveyed  round  by 
land  to  the  foot  of  the  rapids,  while  skilful  pilots 
navip;ated  our  boats  through  this  difficult  passage. 
Governor  Harrison  was  at  this  place,  and  ac- 


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companied  by  Col.  Boyd,  proceeded  across  th^ 
country  to  Vincenncs,  leaving  the  command  of 
the  re{i;iment  to  Lt«  Col.  Miller,  to  coritinue  their 
passage  by  water.  ' 

Sept.  4th.     Early  in  the  morning  we    left  the  '• 
Rapids,  and  on  the  9th,  without  any  occurrence  ' 
worthy  of  note,    we  arrived  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Wabash,  a  distance  of  1032  miles  from  Pitts.  ' 
buri^h  ;  but  the  most    disagreeable  and  difficult ' 
task  in  our  navigation  was  yet  to  be  performed. 
We  had  now  160  miles  to   ascend  the  Wabash^ ; 
the  current  of  which  is    very  rapid,  and  at  this  : 
season  of  the  year,  was  quite  low  and  much  in.  . 
terrupted  by  rocks  and  sand-bars.    We  were  dai« 
ly  obliged  to  wade  the  river,  and  haul  the  boats 
after  us  over  the  rapids,  which  occasioned  many 
of  our  men,  on  our  arrival  at  Vincennes,  to  be  ? 
disordered  with  that  painful  disease,   the  fever  t 
and  ague.     Every  precaution  possible  was  taken  f 
by  the  humane  and  generous  Col.  Miller  to  pre: 
serve  the  health  of  the  regiment  ;  himself  wade^ 
the  river,  as  well  as  every  other  officer  ;  in  manX 
instances  performing  the  duties  of  the  common 
soldier,  and  assisting  them  to  haul  up  the  boats.  • 
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a  convenient  landing  ;  placed  our  guard  Tor  the 
night,  while  those  who  had  obtained  an  evening^s 
respite  from  the  toils  of  this  tedious  and  laborious 
passage,  were^sufTered  to  regale  their  spirits  ove 
an  extra  glass  of  whiskey,  bestowed  by  the  lib. 
erality  of  our  Commander.  The  utmost  harmo- 
ny  and  good  humor  prevailed'— no  contention — 
no  murmuring—all  cheerfully  performed  their 
duty. 

Sept.  19,  18 IK  After  a  fatiguing  passage  of 
ten  days  through  an  unsettled  country,  which 
presented  nothing  to  the  view  but  a  wild  and 
dreary  wilderness,  our  hearts  were  cheered  by  a 
prospect  of  the  town  of  Vincennes.  It  was  dark 
before  we  landed,  and  by  the  noise  and  confu- 
sion about  us,  we  concluded  the  town.to4}e  over, 
run  with  troops.  A  rabble  soon  gathered  about 
the  boats  and  assisted  in  hauling  them  ashore  ;«^ 
their  whooping  and  yells,  and  their  appearance 
caused  us  to  doubt  whether  we  had  not  actually 
landed  among  the  savages  themselves.  Many 
of  these  militia  spoke  the  French  language  ^^^ 
their  dress  was  a  short  frock  of  Deer-skin,  a  belt 
around  their  bodies,  with  a  tomahawk  aild  scalp- 


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ing  knife  atUchecf  to  \tf  and  were  nearly  a$  desii 
titute  of  dkoipltoe  as  the  savages  thematlvea. 
The  militia  from  Kentucky,  and  a  few  coropa- 
nies  of  Indiana  were  decent  soldiers ;  yet  the 
large  knife  and  hatchet  ^which:  constituted  a  part 
of  their  equipment,  with  their  dress,  gave  them 
rathar  a:  savage  appearaijbe*  The  hatchet,  how- 
ever^ was  found  to  be  a  very  useful  article  on 
the  march — they  had  no  tents  ;  but  with  tlieir 
hatcheti  would  in  a  short  time  form  themselves 
a  se^uris  shelter  from  the  weather,  on  eniqam- 
pine  at  night. 

The  jPragoons,  commanded  by  Major-Cavi- 
ess,  cofiisisting  of  about  120  men,  wsre^'well 
mountcw  and  handsomely  equipped,  and  compos- 
ed 4)f  some  of  the  most  respectable  citizens 
froni  Kfntucky  and  Indiana. 

Tbelndians  who  had  been  lurking  about  the 
town  fcfa  number  of  daya  siu]denly  disa|)pearedy 
and  On  the  v  i- 

S7th  ^September,— The  army  was  einibodied, 
con^sting  of  betwteti  ten  itmif  twelve  hundred 
men ;  and  under  the  immediate  command  of 
Gov.  Harrison,  we  took  up  our  line  .of  m^ch 
from    Vincennesy    being   well  furnished    with 


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15 

In  this  manner  we  proceeded  on  our  rriarch  by 
the  tapt  of  the  druma  at  the  head  of  each  columi^ 
to  prevent  the  iibea  distancing  each  other  too far. 
It  was  ctifttbmar^  each  mprnihg,  an  hour  before 
day-break,  to  rdiise  the  troops  from  their  slum- 
bers, with  three  solitary  taps  of  the  drums  of  each 
line,  when  they  turned  out  and  formed  in  front 
of  their  tents,  which  wal  the  line  of  batde  in  case 
of  an  attack  ;  in  this  manner  they  stood  to  their 
arms  ontil  the  beating  of  the  Reveillee.— This 
j)recaution  was  deemed  a  ver}'  necessary  one, 
knowing  it  to  be  the  time  that  the  Indians' gen* 
erally  choose  to  make  their  attacks,  as  the  troops 
sleep*  more  soundy  and  the  aentinels  become 
wearied  and  sleepy,  and  consequently  less  vigi- 
lant. 

Oct.  3.  After  a  march  of  six  days,  through 
an  uninhabited  country,  we  arrived  at  a  place  on 
the  banks  of  the  Wabash,  called  Battelle  des  II. 
liiiois.  Here  we  formed  our  encampment  with 
the  intention  of  tarrying  a  few  weeks,  to  ascer* 
tain  more  correctly  the  disposition  of  the  Propli* 
et  and  his  warriors.  A  Fort  and  Block* Houses 
were  ordered  to  be  built  at  this  place,  which 
nave  aufficient  employment  to  the  militia*-* 


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Some  murmurtog  look  placw  anoof  tiicm, 
being  hrartUjr  sick  of  the  camp,  and' (teairjras  of 
lemming  to  t)|eir  homes.  Maiiy ,  indeed,  l^reat- 
imed  to  leave  us  at  all  hasarda,  vt hich  Gained  4l|e 
Governor  much  anxiety  a|id  irouble.  Heap* 
peered  not  ^^aposed  to  demki  any  man  fgainat 
hia  iMSfination  ;  being  endowed  by  nat^f^ 
with  a  heart  as  humane  as  brave  \  in  his  iif  qacnt 
addresKa  to  the  militia^  his  eloq^ence  wf^  foffa 
cd  16  persuade ;  appeals  weren^lde;to^i^c|n^af 
well  as  !ieelinff-*-and  never  were  tfiey  made  in  va^i 

---when  tbernilitiaiunusedtoiiiililliry  rcstdetiom 
chreitten^  a  desei  sion ,:  hii  eloquence  calraft^  tiieif 
pttrionky  ind  hushed  thfeir  discontented  murmur- 
in^^— and  in  a  short  time  all  became  tran^uily 
-and  unanimity  reigned  throughout  the  army* 
'  Abo^t  this  tiffie  tbaoV  Indians  came  pcfiNmbly 
into  camp,  and  held  frequent  Council  w)^\th^ 
Governor;  bUt  all  endeitvora  to  efect  ^  ff^ 
eonmiodation  with  the  Proph^  were  vi^n— they 
stHI  coritinued  stubborn  and  refractory i^^jnd 
would  not  listen  to  any  terms  of  peace  macle 
them  by  the  Govemon  Their  lurkmg  ln<^iana 
were  nightly  prowling  abdut  our  encampmentf 
and  alarming  the  aentinela  to  iheir  pos^-^Qn 


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the  20th  Oct.  in  the  evening,  an  Indian  crept 
cautiously  through  the  buthes»  opposite  one  of 
the  icotinela  in  the  main  guard  and  shot  him 
through  both  thigha— the  sentinel   nei^est  to 
him,  saw  the  flash  of  the  rifle,  and  immediate* 
\y  presented    his   piece,— snapped  it  twice*- 
both*  times  it  missed  fire  !— The  Indian  made 
his  escape,—the  camp  was  alarmed,  and  the 
troops  called  to  arms.    The  Dragoons  were  in. 
stantly   formed,  and  under  the    command  ^f 
that  gallant  and  spirited  officer,  Major  Davie^Sy 
sallied  out,   and  scoured  the  woods  in  the  vi« 
cinity   of  the  encampment  ;    but  no.  Indians 
cou|d  be  found.    The    Dragoons  in  pasaing 
the  \\m  tif  sentinels,  were  fired  upon  by  mis. 
take,  the  sentinels  supposing  them  to    be  tho 
enemy  (it  being  very  dark)  but  fortunate^  no 
pne  was  injury, -r- We  stood  to   our  a*'ms  the 
whole  of  ^his  night,  while  the  Gov.  and   Col. 
Boyd  were  riding   down   the   lines  animating 
the  troops  to   do  their  duty  iri  case  we  were 
attacked. 

Thus  after  a  tedious  course  of  negociationa, 
and  frultlesa  endeavors  to  effect  by  fair  meai^s, 
a  redress  of  our  wrongs,  and  the  paticnce/,of 


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#ie  Gomtior  and  of  the  army  being  nearly 
exhausted,  it  was  dettrmhied  to  give  them 
jome  wgbilir  reasons  than  had  been  hereto- 
fore oflered*  why  peace  ahoald  be  concluded. 
Orders  were  therefore  given  for  the  army  to 
be  in  readiness  to  march  to  the  Prophet*t 
town.  * 

October  21,— We   commenced  our  tnafch 
ifrom  Fort  JIarnson,  sd.  called,  ih  honor  t>rt^r 

• 

worthy  Commander  ;  toL  Miller,  the  officer 
80  highly  esteemed  by  the  troopa  of  our  regi* 
ment  was  unfortunately  detained  at  ifhis  )^ce 
by  sickness.  After  a  fbw  days  ^f  tedious 
marching,  and  having  crossed  the  Wabash^  we 
arrived  a(  Vermillion  river*^-Capt.  BaCR^  who 
had  been  long  absent  Irom  ^  coiMntend-cf 
his  compiany,  had  '  a  day  ot  two  firifvkais, 
joined  us  on  the  march^  ind  bl*h»g  ti  tt  okHest 
Capatin  iii  CoMmissioh,  ^s  %|)pehit6d,  to 
act  as  Majorr  and  headed  ^le^  left  eoluMm  of 
die  army.  Havmg  a  niimb^-  asif  siefe^  who 
were  unable  to  proceed  fiirthi^r,  a  sSmH  llaeiE- 
house  was  erected,  far  y^ir  acconnwohiiion, 
and  •  Serg!pa^t*a  ([uard  wu  k^  fcr  ibeif  |Nh 
tectum; 


19 
-  Mon  1.^  We  eroised  the  Vermillioti  river 
tntQ  the  Indian   pdtsessions,  at  which  time  the 
weather  became  rainy  and   cold.     -Many  In- 

.  cKana  were  discovered  by  our  spies,  lurking 
in  the  woods  about  us  ;  supposed  to  be  the 
•conts  of  the  Prophet^  watch  i(Tg  our  move- 
ments.—After  inarching  about  fourteen  miles, 
we  crossed  a  small  preek,  and  encamped  on  a 
lugh  «pen  piece  of  land  :  still  rainy  and  culd. 
An  alarm  was  here  given  by  one  of  the,  sen. 
Jlinela,  who  fned  on  u  Horse,  which  had  strayed 

HMt  of  Camp. 

November  5,  Continued  on  bar  march-- 
«ame  to  ati  extensive  level  prairie,  which,  took 

'^ 'tup  the  ^hole  of  this  day  in  crossing-.st^rted 
Up  immy  deer,  two  of  which  we  killed—also 
fiif  animal  ealled  a  prairie  wblf.  Nothing  of  im- 
^fortinee  uanSpired  until... 

Notember  •.-w.When  our  spies,  who  hat^ 
irentUredDear  the  Indian  village,  returned,  and 
informed  the:  Odvernor  we  were  within  a  few  ' 

liillbs  of  the  Pk^phet's  town  — We  were  or- 
4eiied  to  throlw  off  our  knapsacks,  and  be  in  pre-  ^ 
paiationfor  an  attack.    We  advanced  about  4 
Utiles  to  tl^  edge  of  a  t>iece  of  woods,  whcft  wo 


■  *«im 


SO 

were  ordered  to  break  oflf  by  companies,  and  ad- 
vance in  single  lines  ;  keeping  a  Convenient  dii* 
tance  from  each  other  to  enable  ut  to  form  a  line 
of  battle,  should  necessity  require  it  ;-*  this  was 
n^quently  done  in  the  course  of  our  advance  to- 
ward the  town,  in  consequence  of  the  uneven- 
ness  of  the  land,  and  the  appearance  of  many  fa- 
vorable  places  for  the  enemy  to  attack  us.    In 
this  manner  we  advanced  very  cautiously,  until 
we  came  in  sight  of  the  Indian  village,  when  we 
halted.   The  Indians  appeared  much  surprised 
and  terrified  at  our  sudden  appearance  before 
their  town  ;  we  perceived  then  running  in  eve- 
ry direction  about  the  village,  apparently  in  great 
confusion  ;  their  object  however,  was  to  regain 
in  season  their  different  positions  behind  a  breasts 
work  of  logs  which  encircled  the  town  from  the 
bank  of  the  Wabash.    A  chief  came  out  to  the 
Governor,  begging  of  him  not  to  proceed  to  open 
hostilities  ;  but  to  encamp  with  the  troops,  ior 
that  night,  and  in  the  morning  they  solemnly 
promised  to  come  into  camp  and  hold  a  coun<;ilf 
and  they  would  agree  to  almost  any  term^  the 
^G6vernor  might  propose  ;  expressing  their  ear- 
nest desire  ior^peace  without  bloodshed — but 


Ml 
the  lrca^<iroiif  vIlIiifiiB  merely  made  thif  piani. 
ite  to  gain  aufficicnt  time  to  put  their  infer* 
nal  scheme  in  cf  ecutioo.  The  Governor  cn« 
quired  of  the  chief  where  a  tituation  luitablo 
for  encamping  might  be  found  »  beiog  informedt 
he  dif[>atched  three  or  four  oflioera  to  examine 
the  ground,  who  returned  with  a  favorable  re* 
port  of  the  place— which  was  a  piece  ol  narrow 
rising  ground,  covered  with  heavy  timber,  run* 
ning  some  length  into  a  marshy  .  prairie«  and  a« 
bout  three  quarters  of  »  mile  nprtb-west  of 
^hc  town.  ~  Here  we  encamped  for  the  night» 
as  near  the  form  of  a  boUow  square  ^,thq 
natirre  of  the^  ground  wou)d  admit.  Being  cool, 
doudy  weather,  we  built  large  fires  in  front  of 
our  tents,  to  dry  our  Nothing,  cook  our  provi* 
visions  &c.  The  signal  for  the  field  officers  to 
collect  at  the  Governors  marque  was  given  j 
we  were  soon  after  ordered  to  lay  with  our  car- 
tridge  boxes  on,  and  bur  guns  at  our  sides  ;— * 
(U\d  in  case  of  an  attack,  (as  was  always  the  or- 
der, while  on  the  march,)  each  man  stepped  5 
paces  in  front  of  his  tent,  which  formed  the  line 
of  battle.  . 


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•  On  the  m^miing  of,  the  7th  Nor.  a  few  Bihn 
utet  belbre  4  o*ck>ck«  while  we  were  enjoying 
the  sleep  so  necessary  to  the  repose  of  our  weari- 
ed  limt>s,<^the  attack  coinmenced-*-when  only  a 
aingk  gun  was  fired  by  the  guard,  and  instantly 
we  were  aroused  by  the  horrid  yells  of  the  sar- 
ages  close  upon  our  lines. 

The  dreadful  attack  was  first  receired  by  a 
Company  of  regulars,  under  the  command  of 
Capt.  Barton,  and  a  Company  of  Militiai  coni* 
manded  by  Capt.  Geigcr,— -their  men  had  no^ 
the  least  notice  of  the  approach  of  the  Indians* 
until  they  were  aroused  by  a  horrid  yell  and  a 
discharge  of  rifles  at  the  very  door  of  their  tents  $ 
considerable  confusion  ensued  in  these  t^o  com- 

* 

panics,  before  they  could  be  farmed  in  any  reg. 
ular  order  ;  but  notwithstanding  the  disorder 
this  sudden  attack  created,  the  men  were  not 
wanting  in  thtir  duty — they  sprang  from  their 

ft 

tents  and  discharged  their  pieces  upon  the  ene-' 
my,  with  great  execution,  ?)nd  kept  their  ft  »ir,d 
good  until  relit'f  could  be  brought  them.  The 
attack  soon  extended  round  to  the  right  line|; 
where  tbe  troops  were  formed  in  complete  orderj 
and  the  aasM^L'itF  of  thr  savages  were  returned  in 


Ailt  mfMurc.  One  compnnjr  of  Imliant  milicia 
fell  back  in  great  disoit^r ,  but  tdktr  tame  arduous 
exertions  of  the>offii'^r9,  thcj  vrrre  again  rallied 
and  fought  with  a  spirit  that  evinced  a  dctrrmin. 
ation  to  escape  the  odium  of  cowardice.— The 
hMx'i  had  now  become  general^  every  musket 
.de  contributed  its  share  to  the  work  of  oar- 


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lage.  A  few  Indiana  had  placed  themaelves  ix> 
an  advantageoua  situation  on  the  left  of  the 
firont  line,  and  being  screened  from  our  .fire  by 
some  large  oak  trees,  did  great  executic  o  in 
our  ranks.  The  small  company  of  U«  S.  Ri« 
flemen»  commanded  by  Lieut.  Hawkinsi  were 
stationed  within  two  rods  of  these  trees,  and  re. 
ceived  the  heaviest  of  their  fire,  but  maintained 
the  position  in  a  most  gallant  manner*  aitho'  the/ 
company  of  militia  on  their  left  were  giving 
way  in  great  disorder.  Major  Daviess,  with  a 
small  detachment  of  dragoons  attempted  to  dis- 
lodge them  ;  but  failed  in  the  attempt,  and  was 
himself  mortally  wounded.  Capt.  Snelling,  of 
the  regulars,  soon  after  made  a  desperate  charge 
at  the  head  of  his  company,  wi:h  success,  losing 
one  man»  who  was  tomahawked  by  a  wounded 
Indian.  The  Indians  fell  back,  and  for  a  short 
time*  contiDued  the  action  at  a  distance — here 


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was  some  sharp  shooting,  as  they  had  gi'eatty 
the  advantage,  by  the  light  afforded  them  from 
our  fires,  which  could  not  be  entirely  extinguish- 
ed.    We  were  well  supplied  with  buck  shot 
cartridges,  which  were  admirably  calculated  for 
an  engagement  of  this  nature.      The  savages 
were  severely  galled  by  the  steady  and  welt  direct- 
ed  fire  of  the  troops.      When  near  day-break," 
they  made  their  last  cfesperate  effbrt  to  break  our 
lines,  when  three  cheers  were  given,  and  charge 
made  by  the  4th  Regt.  and  a  deachmentt   of 
dragoons — they  were  completely  routed  -and  th^ 
whole  put  to  a  precipitate  flight.      They  fled  in 
all  dir^etions,    leaving  us  masters  of  the  field 
which  was  strewed  with  the  bodies  of  the  killed 
and  wounded.     Some  sharp-shooters  of  ihe  mil- 
itia, harrassed  them  greatly  in  their  retreat,  a- 
cross  the  marshy  prairie.     The  day  was  appro- 
priated to  the  mournful  duties  of  dressing  the 
wounds  of  our  unfortunate  comrades,  and  bury-^ 
ing  the  dead.     To  attempt  a  full  and  detailed 
account  of  this  action,  or  portray  to  the  imslgin- 
ation  of  the  reader  the  horrors  attendant  on  this 
sanguinary  conflict,  far  exceeds  my  powers  of 
description.— The  awful  yell  of  the    savages, 


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seeming  rather  the  shrieks  of  despair,  than  the 
shouts  of  triumph—the  tremendous  roar  of  muff-   ^ 
^uetry— the  agonizing  screams  of  the^  wounded 
and  dying,  added  to  the  shouts  of  the  victors,... 
mingling  in  tumultuous  uproar,  formed  a  scene 
that  can  better  be  imagined  than  described. 

The  following  statements  are  from  Sergeant  f' 
Montgomery  ^rr,  of  Capt    Barton's  Company, 
l^one  of  the  Companies  first  attacked)  and  that  of  \| 
IWiiliam  Brigham,  a  private  of  the  late  Captain  ^■ 
Whitney's  Company  of  Riflemen,  who  was  on 
his  post,  in  &ont  of  Barton's  Company,  at  the 
time  of  the  attack  ;  the  latter  of  whom  was  mor-  \^ 

t  - 

tally  wounded,  and  died  of  his  wounds  a  iew*^ 
weeks  afterwards  at  Vincennes.  Their  veracity 
is  unquestionable,  and  as  1  had  the  recital  from 
their  own  lips,  I  do  not  hesitate  to  declare  my  ^^ 
belief  of  them. 

.  ^        Statement  of  Sergeant  Orr,      -       ^". 

"About  20  minutes,  befere  the  attack,  I  got  up    * 
and  went  to  the  door  of  my  lent,  (No.  1.)  and 
overheard  the  sentinels  talking  in  front — listen- 
ed, but  could  not  distinctly  hear  wbat  was  said- 
it  was  rainy  and  very  dark.^I  laid  down  and 


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was  partly  asleep,  when  some  person  rushed  by 
and  touched  the  oomer  of  the  tent-«I  sprang 
partly  up — all  was  still.  I  jogged  Co^pl.  Thorn* 
as,  (who  slept  in  the  same  teiit)  and  a^ked,  'Hf 
he  did  not  hear  somebody  ruti  by  the  tent  ?''— 
He  said,  '*  no---I^ve  been  asleep."  l^enlaid 
down  again,  when  something  struck  the  top  of 
the  tent— CorpL  Thomas  rose  up,  took  his  gun ; 
in  a  moment  three  or  four  rifles  were  discharge 
ed  at  the  very  door  of  the  tent,  apd  an  awful  yell 
ensued-' -Thomas  fell  back  onto  me— I^aid, 
**  Corpl.  Thomas,  for  God's  sake  don't  give 
back'!— he  made  me  no  answer,— for  he  was 
a  dead  man.— I  got  out  of  the  tent  as  soon  as 
possible— the  men  were  in  confusion,  some  in 
front  and  some  in  the  rear  of  the  tents  firing — 
(he  Indians  within  a  rod  of  us,— Capt  Barton 
Ordered  the  men  to  form  instantly.-they  were 
too  much  broken,  and  no  regular  line  could  be 
formed  ;  but  <  they  kept  up  a  steady  fire  on  the 
Indians,  who  fell  back.  Capt.  Griger's  compa- 
ny of  militia,  stationed  near  us,  were  in  great 
con&sion-o-they  could  hardly  be  distinguished 
from  the  Indians— I  received  a  wound  and  was 
obliged  to  retire."; 


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enon  rushed  by 
*^«^— I  sprang 
'  Corpl.  Thorn, 
and'tikcd,  "if 
y  the  tent  ?"-.. 
'    I^eniaid 
■ack  the  top  of 
took  hfs  gun ; 
were  discharge 
^  an  awful  yell 
>  roe-.I^aid, 
^e  don't  give 
^--Tor  *he  was 
?nt  as  soon  as 
>ion,  some  in 
ents  firing... 
Capt  Barton 
^— they  Yrert 
ne  could  be 
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Statemeni  of  WiUyBLti^  Br'igl^am,  ' 
"On  the  night  of  the  battle,  I  was  warned  for 
Guard,  and  took  post  a  little  after  sunset — Wm, , 
BrowR,  {a  regular)  was  the  sentinel  on  my  left,, 
and  a  militia  man  on  my  right.  These  three  ^ 
posts  were  direcUy  in  front  of  Capt.  Barton's ., 
Company  of  U,  S,  Infs^ntry, 

I  examined  the  ground  adjacent  to  my  post , 
very  particularly.  There  was  a  small  thicket  of 
willows,  on  a  stream  of,  water,  about  two  rods 
in  front  of  my  post,  and  high  grass  between  me 
and.  the  wiilpws--^l  observed  it  to  be.  a  favorable 
place  for  the  approach  of  Indians  and  determined^ 
tp.be  o»  the.  al^rtt.  Capt.  Barton's  Company 
were  a  few  feet  higher*  and  between  us  there 
were  logs  and .  some,  small  bushes.  I  was  re- 
lieved off  posVjlt)put,lO*o 'clock— At  3  o'clock  I 
again  took  post ;  very,  dark,  and  rainy.  I  had 
resun^ed  my  station  about  half  an  hour,  when  I 
heard  a  fajnt  whistle,  not  far  from  Wm.  Brown's 
post,  as  I  supposed — he  called  to  me ;  but  I 
did  not  thiiUc  it  prudent  to  answer — however, 
after  he  had  called  several  times.,  I  answered 
"holloa"— says  he,  •*  look  sharp" — [the  usual, 
word  of  caufhn  between  sentinels] — I  kneeled 


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down,  with  my  gun  on  a  charge.  It  was  so 
very  dark  that  no  object  could  be  discerned 
wUhin  three  feet  of  me,  and  I  could  hear  nothing 
ejccept  the  rustling  noise  occasioned  by  the 
falling  rain  among  the  bushes.  At  this  timet 
Brown,  (being  much  alarmed)  very  imprudently 
led  his  post,  and  came  towards  me.  I  heard 
light  footsteps — presented  my  gun,  and  should 
have  fired  upon  him  had  he  not  that  moment 
spoke,  much  agitated — **Brigham,  let  us  fire 
•and  run  in— you  may  depend  on  it  there  are  In- 
dians in  the  bushes.*'  I  told  him  not  to  fire  yet 
tor  fear  we  should  give  a  false  alarm.— While 
%vc  were  standing  together,  something  struck  in 
the  brusli  near  us,  (I  suppose  an  arrow) — we 
}vere  both  frightened  and  run  in  without  firing 
—-the  Indians  close  upon  our  heels-— we  passed 
swiflly  by  Capt.  Bartons*s  tents — I  soon  after- 
Wards  fell  into  Capt.  Wilson's  Company  of  mil- 
itia,' where  I  received  a  wound  which  broke  my^ 
right  arm."  ^ 

Had  this  attack  been  delayed  but  ten  minutes 
longer,  the  troops  would  have  been  formed  in 
line  of  battle,  and  :n  readiness  to  receive  it. -^^ 
The  General  had  arisen  but  a  few  moments  pre-' 


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vious  to  its  commencement,  and  in  four  minutes 
more  would  have  ordered  the  usual  signal  (three 
tap^ofthc  drum)  to  be  given  for  the  troops  to 
rise  and  stand  to  their  arro^.  The  orderly  Mu- 
sician at  the  si^me  time  stood  in  readiness  for  that 
purpose,  awaiting  the  orders  of  the  General.—- 
Some  of  the  troops  were  up,  and  sitting  by 
the  fires;  many  of  which  had  been  furnished  with 
fresh  fuel,  and  the  light  arising  from  them,  must 
have  afforded  the  Indians  a  pretty  correct  view 
ofour  situation^  and  of  the  most  proper  place  to 
make  their  assault.  Every  exertion  was  made 
to  extinguish  these  fires  the  moment  the  attack 
commenced,  which  could  notjse  but  imperfectly 
accomplished,  as  the  Indian  marksmen  were 
sure-to  pick  off"  whoever  approached  them« 

It  was  truly  unfortunate  that  these  fiffs  were 
not  extinguished  the  moment  the  troops  retired 
to  rest ;  for  it  is  certain  that  tlie  Indians  derived 
a  great  advantiage  from  this  circumstance  in  the 
bourse  of  the  action.  '*  «   '^    *^  a^  hM 

The  h^sty  charge  made  by  Major  Daviess  to 

dislodge  the  Indians  from  behind   tht  trees  on 

'fhc  teUt  6f  the  front  line,  was  made  with  only  90 


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of  his  dragoons,  dismounted  ;  and  its  fatal  conse-" 
quence  to  the  Major,  was  in  a  great  measure 
owing  to  his  having  on  a  white  blanket  surstuot 
He  M'as  easily  distinguished  by  the  Indians, 
and  received  three  balls  in  his  body ;  he  imme- 
diately fell,  exclaiming,  **  I  am  a  dead  man  ;"  he 
was  taken  up  and  lived,  however,  till  the  close 
of  the  action.  The  fall  of  this  brave  and  amia- 
ble officer  was  greatly  lamented  by  the  army 
as  well  as  the  citizens  of  the  state  of  Kentucky, 
where  he  held  the  office  of  Attorney  General. 
He  volunteered  his  services  in  the  expedition 
under  Gen.  Harrison,  who,  knowing  his  worth, 
appointed  him  to  the  command  of  the  volun- 
teer dragoons. 

Col.  Owen,  another  brave  officer,  considefa- 
t)ly  advanced  in  years,  and  acting  as  aid-de-camp 
was  shot  from  his  horse  by  the  side  of  the  Gen. 
cral,  and  immediately  expired.  Judge  Taylor, 
the  other  aid,  had  his  horse  shot  under  him» 
in  their  fall  the  horse  came  on  toji  of  the  Judge, 
where  he  lay  confined  for  some  time,  unable  to 
cixtricate  himself;  he  was  relieved  from  this 
disagreeable  situation  by  a  soldier^  who  hap* 
pened  to  pass  near  him. 


'f-:-l 


Capt.  Bacn,  who  had  been  with  us  but  a  fcW 
days,  was  shockingly  man^^lcd  with  the  totna- 
hawk  ; — he  was  taken  up  in  a  delirious  state, 
and  died  a  short  time  afterwards. — There  was  but 
one  other  instance  of  any  person  being  toma- 
hawked in  this  engagement  ;  which  was  a  pri* 
vatesoidier  of  Capt.^Snelling*s  company,  ujiOB 
a  charge  in  the  midst  of  the  Indians*  ^■■ 

Gen.  Harrison  received  a  shot  through  the 
rimof  his  hat.  In  the  heat  of  the  action,  his 
VQJpe  was  frequently  heard  and  easily  distinguish- 
cd.  giving  his  orders  in  the  same  calm,  cooli 
and  collected  manner  with  which  we  had  been 
used  to  receive  them  on  a  drill  or  parade. — 
The  confidence  of  the  troops  in  the  General  was 
unlimited,  and  his  measures  were  well  calculated 
to  gain  the  particular  esteem  of  the  4th  Regt* 
All  kinds  of  petty  punishments,  inflicted  without 
authority,  for  the  most  trifling  errors  of  the  pri- 
vate soldier,  by  the  pompous  sergeant,  or  the  in. 
Bignificant  corporal,*  were  at  once  prohibited.—- 

•  This  is  not  intended  to  apply  to  the  wMi  of  the  Nod« 
eonmibrioned  dfficeri  of  the  4th-«lhere  were  man/  ben* 
orable  exceptions  ;  those  of  my  comrades  who  may  peruse 
tkti  Journal  welf  know  how  to  make  the  ielcctioii. 


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A  prohibition  of  other  grievances  which  had 
too  long  existed,  in  this  Re^^iment,  at  once  fixed 
in  the  breast  of  every  soldier,  an  affectionate  and 
lasting  regard  lor  their  Genera].  The  benefit  of 
ivhich  was  fully  realized  in  the  conduct  of  the 
troops  in  the  engagement^  a«  well  aa  throughout 
the  campaign. 

'lifter  the  action,  a  soldier  of  the  Kentucky 
militia,  discoveied  an  Indian  at  some  distance 
above  the  encampment,  leading  a  horse  out  of 
the  woods,  into  some  high  grass  in  the  prairie  ;  \ 
he  caught  his  rifle  and  made  afler  him.  The  In. 
dian  had  loaded  his  horse  with  two  others  wound* 
cd,  and  was  .returning,  when  the  Kentuckian 
gave  a  whoop,  discharged  his  rifle,  brought 
the  Indian  down,  and  returned  in  triumph  to  the 
camp,  leading  in  his  horse. 

One  Indian  only  broke  through  the  lines  into 
the  encampment,  and  he  was  immediately  after* 
wards  dispatched  by  Capt.Adam.Sy  the  p^ay-mas- 

ter  of  the  rejgiaiesiV: 

The  force  of  the  enemy  in  the  engagement 
couldnever  be  correctly  ascerUAD^d i  Ir^uf  &9|pi 
the  beat  jnformatiim  thai;  qo^td  bn?  QilHa|Qiptl^;it 


> 


was  calculated  to  amount  to  between  ten  awl 
twelve  hundred  warriors,  lieadcd  by  Winnemaci 
a  Kickapoo  Chief.- -and  that  they  lost  abou^ 
four  hundred  in  killed  and  wounded.  Our  loss 
amounted  to  forty-one  killed,  and  one  hundred 
forty-seven  wounded.  The  names  of  those  of  the 
ith  regt.  are  given  in  the  latter  part  of  this  Journal. 

A  Potawatimie  Chief  was  found  severely 
wounded  on  the  field,  sometime  after  the  action* 
He  was  brought  before  the  General,  and  ex- 
pressed the  greatest  sorrow  at  what  had  happen. 
ed-*and  accused  the  Prophet  of  deceiving  them* 
His  wounds  were  dressed  by  the  surgeon,  and 
the  best  care  taken  of  him  while  we  remained 
with  us  on  the  ground.  The  Gen.  left  with 
iiim  a  speech  to  be  delivered  to  the  Indians,  if 
they  should  return  to  the  battle  ground. 

Nov.  8. — A  Email  detachment  of  mounted 
men  were  ordered  to  advance  to  the  Prophet's 
town,  and  see  what  had  become*of  the  Indians* 
They  entered  the  town  and  f^^und  an  aged 
squaw  only,  who  informed  them  that  the  Indians 
had   left  it  ^in  great    haste,  immediately  after 

the  action,  and  had   crossed  the  Wabash 

It  was  a  handsoipe  little   Indian  village  of  be- 


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tweeirt>ne«nd  two  hundred  huti  or  cabiitt*  and 
a  large  store  house,  containing  about  3,000^ 
bushels  of  com  and  beant-  In  their  haaty.  re*- 
treat  they  left  many  articles  of  value  to  them- 
selves, which  except  a  few  were  destroyed  in 
the  conflsgradon  of  the  town* 

Nov,  9.  After  destroying  considerable  of 
our  baggage,  in  order  to  make  room  in  the 
waggons  for  the  conveyance  of  the  wounded  ^ 
we  began  our  march  on  the  return  to  Vincenr.es 
expecting  the  Indians  would  follow  and  attack 
usb  Such  an  event  was  greatly  to  be  dreaded;; 
as  we  were  nearly  out  of  provisions^  and  bad 
upwards  of  a  hundred  and  thirty  woun^iwd  men  ta 
be  attended  to,  who  were  painfully  situated  in  the 
waggons,  especially  those  who  had  broken  limbs; 
by  their  continual  jolting,  on  an  unbeaten  road 
through  the  wildemcss^^ 

Having  suffered  severely  in  consequence  of 
the  light  afforded  the  Indians  from  our  fires  in 
the  late  attack,  we  adopted  another  method  on 
our  return,  by  building  large  fires  some  distance 
beyond  the  line  of  sentinels,  while  those  in  the 
encampment  were  extinguished  on  our  retiring 
to  rest  ;  which  in  case  of  an  attack,  woula  have 


35 
been  of  much  senrice  by  placing  the  enemy  be« 
tween  us  und  the  fires.     The  sentinels  on  post 
at  night   having  been   frrquently   alarmed   by 
lurking  Indians,   woukl   place  a  stake  in   the 
ground  about  the  height  of  a  man,  and  hang 
their  blanket  and  cap  upon  it,  and  retire  a  few 
paces,  behind  some  log  or  tree  ;  as  it  had  be- 
come  hazardous  fo  sentinels  to  walk  their  posts 
while  the  Indians  were  continually  hovering  a* 
bout  them.     It  was  said  that  arrows  had  been 
found  in  some  of  the  blankets  put  up  in  this 
manner,  which  is  very  probable,  as  they  would 
approach  within  a  few  feet  of  a  sentinel  in  the 
stillest  night,  without  being  discovered,  as  was 
the  case  at  Fort  Harrison,  where  a  sentinel  was 
shot  down  by  an  Indian,  who  had  made  his  way 
through  a  thicket  of  bushes  directly   in  front, 
and  within  twelve  feet  of  the  man  on  post. 

On  the  Hth  we  arrived  at  the  small  block, 
house  on  the  Vermillion  river,  where  we  left 
our  sick,  who  had  looked  with  painful  anxi. 
ety  for  our  safe  return.  The  vigilance  of 
^Sergeant  Reed,  who  commanded  at  this  place 
was  highly  applauded  in  the  arrest  of  two  mili. 


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36 
tia  mtn,  who  deserted  us  the  moment  the  action 
oomihenccd,  and  fled  v/.th  such  precipitancy  that 
they  reached  the  block-house  the  night  follow- 
iog,  informing  Seargeant  Reed  that  the  army 
Wii8  defeated^  and  nearly  all  were  destroyed,-* 
advising  him  to  leave  the  place  and  hasten  back 
to  Fort  Harrison.  Their  advice  was  disregard* 
ed  by  the  sergeant,  who  put  them  under  arrest 
The  express  on  his  way  to  Vincennes  a  few 
hours  afterwards  passed  the  block- house,  and 
informed  them  of  the  success  o(  our  engagement. 

We  suffered  much  for  the  want  of  provisions 
duri(ig  our  march  to  this  place.  Many  of  the 
troops  had  made  use  of  horse  meat  to  satisfy  their 
craving  appetites  for  the  last  5  days.  CoL  Mil- 
ler, then  at  Fort  Harrison,  being  apprized  of  our 
destitute  situation,  immediately  dispatched  a  boat 
witii  fresh  provisions  to  our  relief,  which  fortu. 
nately  arrived  at  the  block-house  nearly  at  the 
same  time  with  the  army.  ,    .  , 

Nov.  15. — The  wounded  were  placed  in  boats, 
and  arrived  at  Fort  Harrison  on  the  morning  of 
the  ensuing  day.  Capt.  Snelling  with  his  com- 
pany were  left  to  garrison  the  Fort,  and  the  ar- 
my proc.ccded  oa  their  march. 


XHe  authqr  hfiog  one  of  the  wounded,  wit 
put  on  board  ■  tx»t  with  other  dittbkd 
'men  and  tent  do^n  the  river  to  Vinoemiea.*^ 
About  IS  o*cloclc  at  night  the  boat  we  were  in 
ttruolc  9n  a  land  banii ;  if  hich  obliged  us  to  ky 
by  until  the  next  morning.  The  night,  as  may 
hk  suppose,  was  pished  in  a  very  uncomfortaW 
manner— the  weather  was    freesing  cotd*  and 

(.If  ^m  ^ • 

pur,  wounds  which  had  not  been  dressed  for  tn^ 
dayspfMt,  bec|^^  stiff  and  extremely  painful. 

N9v.^l,9-^rriyed  at  Viiypcnncs  nearly  at  the 
same  time  the  army  d^j^yj|ai>d|  f  nd  iminediate« 
ly  after  were  placed  in  excellent  quarterst  and 
every  .possible  at|:^ntiQn  paid  to  the  sick  and 
wpvn^pd,  by  Gov.  IJfirrlson  and  Col.  Boyd, 
who.  always  evinced  ^he  most  anxious  solicitude 
.for  the  welCare  of  their  siol^iers. 

l^othing  more  was  lie«^  from  ^e  Indiana 
until  the  latter  part  of  Dec.  wlicn  a.Kiclfapoo 
Chief,  bearing  a,  white  flag,  with  a  few  others, 
who  were  desirous  of  concluding  a  peace  with 
the  Uijitcd  States,  came  to  Vincennes  with  the 
intention  of  Holding  t^  council ,  for  ^bat  purpose* 
Tlie,  Governor  infor'ned  them  that  he  did  qM 
qoD^i^er  them  as  qualified  for  makine  a  trea^ 


::4'fel•*■^  ■■ 


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which  would  be  binding  on  their  leader  the  Pro>. 
phet ;  and  therefore  no  treaty  would  be  made 
unless  the  Prophet  was  present  at  the  oouneil, 
with  his  principal  chiefs. 

They  informed  the  Governor  that  the  warn* 
prs  of  the  Pkrophet  had  all  left  him  ;  reproaching 
him  with  being  the  instigator  of  all  their  misfor- 
tunes, and  threatened  to  put  him  to  death  i^*— 
They  were  impressed  with  a  belief  thai  they 
could  defeat  us  with  ease  ;  and  intended  to  have 
attacked  us  in  our  c«mp  at  Fort  Harrison,  had 
we  remained  there  a  week  longer. 
f  The  Potawatifflie  chief  who  was  taken  prison, 
er  by  us  and  left  oil  the  batde  ground,  they  said, 
had  sinoe  died  of  his  wounds ;  but  that  he  faith- 
fully  delivered  the  speech  of  the  Governor,  to  the 
different  tribes,  and  urged  them  to  abandon  the 
Prophet,  and  agree  to  the  terms  ofl^red  them  by 
the  Governor.  -  / 

March  10,  18 12,— We  experienced  some 
lleavy  shocks  of  an  Earthquake  about  this  time, 
which  occasioned  considerable  alarm  i  but  did 
no  other  damage  than  throwing  down  a  few  chim* 
niesin  the  town.-«-On  the  Missisippi  the  shocks 
were  more  sevcrC|  where  consicNrable  danvigc 


V-.   V.---v^-f.;,l^Tj    -T._.     ^ 


39 
was  done,  especiallj  to  buildings*  It  is  said  the 
motion  of  the  earth  in  that  quarter  was  from  six 
to  eight  inches  to  and  fro  ;  but  at  Vincennes. 
250  miles  to  the  north,  it  did  not  exceed  three 
inches  in  the  heaviest  shocks,  as  was  ascertained 
with  a  lead  ball  suspended  by  a  thread  from  the 
ceiling  in  the  house.— The  duration  of  the 
longest  shock  was  about  3  minutesT-they  con- 
tinued at  intervals  throughout  the  month.  .J 
Yt»  March  S9.-- About  150r  Indians  who  were  said 
to  have  ^remained  neutral  in  the 'late  contest; 
came  ta^l^eennet,  and  encamped  about  two 
miles  north  of  the  town*  They  were  requested 
to  delivef  up  their  9tm%  and  a  guard  of  aoldiera 
should  be  placed  ov^  them  for  dieir  promtion^ 
ahd  tents  soj^lled  tbem  while  they  tarried  with 
us :  this  they  complied  withy  and  desired  aa  audi* 
en'ce  of  the  Governor  on  the  ensuing  day,  wlucb 
was  granted. 

In  Council,  they  declared  their  detestation  of 
^e  Prdjpl^t  aiidhi^  adherents,  expressing  their 
wishes  to  letnain  in  peace  and  friendship  inth 
their  father,  the  President  of  the  U«  States.-— 
The  GbVibmbi',  in  a  short  reply,  warned  them  a** 
gainst  entering  into  any  alliance  with  the  Ftophet 


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^  ie  dutiirbedi  and  obligfed  to  cdme  «M6it|^  iKe^k 
wottl^  be  out  of  hiM  powii6r  to  itsti^lh  lidi '  ycKiiiis^ 

^mrriors  fr6hi  destroying  them  all,  A  tMtjl  ^ 
ii|tned;  aiid  the  Indians  received  imt  aMMl 
{ir^diintr  of  blaiikets;  brcteddodis,  cafieoei>  ftcf; 
fibd  left  the  town  idr  their  ^ncamptiienf^  ^ 

'  ApVL  2«^The  IncBana  again  oanie  iii,  habited 
in  their  new  dlrestett.perfdrminf  tlieir  dmccis 
tkroiigii  the  town,  to.the  great  diverabni  of  the  • 

fBei^menti  irtio  were  ilsiacqualiited  w«tb  A^  pa« 
«athi«ilM»  ckcep^ilidif  propenaiiy  tOi  deeeptioii 

.  indtntacheiy  ;  tfaelirconaequeaee^of  w^chiif 

Jliadhtaitau^t  at  tte  battle  of  Ti^pecano^«P*» 
Tc^vardt  evjeang  tiMyreticedJi^good  oedef,  and 
abonl^^^r^  ^ir  arins,  and  refined  to 

"^thetr  viUigea  tt{»  the  Wabash. 

'  There  Irere  jitill  remaining  many  refinctory 
Indians  on  the  Wabash,  who  would  «gi^  ta>  no 
terms  of  peace  with  the  U.  Stateai  They  had. 
t ven  opened  the  g^ves  of  our  unfbrtuaMe  oom- 
lad^  wh(^  feU  ift  Uie  late  .actton^&trippe4  ao^ 
•cabled  Ulem^attd  left  thtv  bodiea  above  gi^ii^^ 

*  Colt  Miller  was  pr^)aring  to  send  a  dstaqbasitit  ^ 

^«tf^troops  to  the  iMtde  giround  to  bi^p  ^hi^ii. 
gain  interred ;  but  some  nriendly  Indiana  unde^* 


ig^\n 


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took  this  ofioe,  and  the  bodies  were  again  re- 
placed. 

April  4.— Information  was  received  of  the 
murder  of  a  fiimily  of  seven  persons  on  White 
mer,  and  others  In  Indiana,  besides  many  de« 
predatioos  on  the  Missisippi.  The  settlers  were 
alarmed,  and  fled  to  the  forts  and  the  most  popu- 
lous towns  for  protection,  leaving  their  property 
to  the  mercy  of  the  savages* 

April  9.^-rA  family  on  the  Embaras  river,  only 
seven  miles  from  Vinccnnes,  consisting  of  a 
cinan, his  wife  and  three  small  children,  were 
massacred  while  in  the  act  pf  leaving  theur  home 
-lors^the  purpose  of  finding  protection  at  Vin- 
.cennes.  A  young  man  who  had  resided  with  the 
family  escaped  and  fied  to  Vinccnnes,  where  he 
arrived  about  12  c^'^Jlp^k  at  night,  and  gave  the 
alarm;  the  troops  were  immediately  called  to 
arms,  expecting  an  attack  upon  the  town*  "f  he 
next  day  Col.  Miller,  with  a  small  detachment 
from  the  regiment,  proceeded  to  the  river  £m- 
/baras,  nrhere  they  found  the  bodies  of  the  mur- 
dered family»  shockingly  cut  up  with  the  toma- 
hawk and  scalping  knife*.  The  man  had  bis 
bceaar  opunedt  bis  entrails  torn  out  andatrcwe4 

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f  n  i(^»?  child  in  the  mother's  gnns,  whicli  wai^ 
knocked  on  tl^  heau'.— ^TTie  t^iei  were  Anient* 

this  horrid  massacre, 

cumseh,  brother  to  Wi  Ptb^t,  iM  'bbHteOEd 
;^i^s?^ek^'%^  ii^  tM  Wk6ifih  Wftii  the 

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a^^t'Mf  !mag?rie  (he   (MiDapiiy  iiiMilbii  in    • 
WmclrM  #efe  jtttced. 

\A  9tfr!)Qfti%  ihtibtidMtim^   li«d  lb)r   Miit 
time  e^HAM  Becv^^ftjn  Gbfl    tf dittsbfi  Und  Col. 
til6^d;  ttld  ^iltMf  M  v^Mi,  the  author  cbulJ    ' 
helrii^  dbrfbttlf  sesebtiltl  ;  jret  M^  sttpfM^et!  t6 
oi^ha'ii^mibMe'hd^j^^  Boyd 

upon  the  cdii()ucl  bl  th6  fnlUtia  bf  Indisna,  dur- 
ing the  campaign  ;  arid'  perhaps  ht  hftd  laid  daiih 
to  a  grirater  share  of  the  laurels  Won  in  th'e  late 
engagement,  than  the  people  bflh'diaha  weire  , 
willing  to  allow  hfti;  however,  it  is  admitted  by 
di,  that  the  i^ravtyy,  gbba  order  ah<f  discipline 
of  4th  fiegiment  se<:i^Wd  tb  the  ariiiy  the  Victb. 
?i^4t  tlppewMufc  ;:--fcr#thifetJ«^  BoyiIdesert«is 
the'  hignesi:  praise. 
April  li^Col.  'Bdyii  TeA  IhncennK  for  the 

dtf  ^  Wii^rngtbii,  iiid  dot.  Mm  •mum 

die  oomicuiiilor  tlib  R^i^nf,  iofieh  \^'  soon 
tot>kytoa.  id'^  Siaie  brdm.  '^iii^e^jbln    ' 

ptrtim,  «|  tbcit  wmdil  bckut  a  ttOBWm^   ^ 


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for  their  protection  against  the  savages,  who  had 
now  assumed  a  formidable  aspect,  and  threatened 
destruction  to  the  place.— Capt.  Snelling.  and 
his  Company  arrived  from  Fort  Harrison,  where 
.  they  had  been  stationed  during  the  Winter*  t 
I,  May  3d.— We  swung  our  knapsacks  and  conv- 
menced  our  march  for  the  falb  of  the  Ohio ;-» 
The  road  was  so  very  bad  that  we  were  obliged 
to  keep  pioneers  in  ad^nce  to  clear  it,  which 
gready  retarded  our  march.  We  observed  on 
our  rout  through  Indiana,  several  houses,  pi- 
quetted  in,  where  a  number  of  families  had 
QOPected,  and  formed  little  garrisons,  to  defend 
themselves  against  the  Indians,  who  daily  com- 
mitted the  most  flagrant  depredations  upon  the 
ijefenc^less  emigrant;  we  frequently  saw  men 
armed  ijoing  to  thei^.  fields  to  work,  leaving 
their  women  and  children  to  garrison  their 
dwellings  until  their  return  in  the  evening. 

May  il~Wc  arrived  on  the  banks  of  tins 

Ohio,   and  immediately   crossed  the  river  Jo 

Louisvillei  (Ken.)  wheri^  great  respect  was  man- 

,  ifested  towards  us.— Many  of  the  citizens  oif  vm 

place  had.ioiight  bf  qw  si^es  at  ilie  battkof 


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May  la^Wfi  prci6e€ded  ott  6w  mmtk,  mid 
dH  the  f6fh  itacbed  tHit  'iMenal  at  Newport^ 

iind  hilfed  dne  Ay.     -  v 

^  May  rt^We  ctiomd  the  Ohio  river  again  at 
NiswtxiMftb'Cintiiih^ti,  where  Wv  were  highly 
llibkibi^  By  ititfsitA6t&  cHitth^  of  this  beduv 
tirul  andfiourishing  tbt^ii^A  grand' sahite  was 
fired  tf^tWfiMdil^iecifs  white  we  w^rr  cross- 
ing the  riven!— tlTe  £ihdbd  and*  f6hned  btt  it^ 
^iilc  and  were  esWied  t1)rouj|h  the  tbWh  by  K 

^e  io6kiiig  feoMpMy  61"  Anm^i'y.-^  lb' dite"  <^ 

a  triumphal  arch  was  erected,  ornamented  WidI 

0fl^i<mi*>  wM  displayed  iii  l^gcf  <*Ak^(^ 
ters  oWr  the  ai^i.  We  diarche^  vi  tt^  mm 
from  the'town  and  encamped,  where  Wil  wcr<^ 
twunmuliy  regained  by  the  generous  i'n^bitan/s 
oftbeplacei,  '  *'        *  ^^ 

May  I^th— Proceeded  on  our  march  to  payl 
lion,  wlferc  we arrivedaboiii  thc'fcfst  of  Jfiihe  -^ 
<^eii.  #uft  hadlert  this  ptace' dfnd  g6il6  Oh  (6 
tfr1[>aha  with  tKe  arihy,  forty  tivdei  furtfiir. 

J^iic  i^Arrtved  at  Urban^,  ^d 
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Ohio  militia  vohinteersy  commioded  by  Colonels 
M' Arthur,  j  Cass  and  Findley,  Bttt  we  were 
received  with  a  repetition  of  the  honors  shewn 
us  at  Cincinnati,  and  obtained  a  short  respite 
from  our  long  and  fatiguing  march  from  Indiana  i 
having  come  the  distance  of.  nearly  four  hundred 
milest  with  but  one  day'a  rest*  .    ^ 

'  June  ISth.— Col, .  M* Arthur's  regiment  of 
militia  left  the  encampment  and  proceeded  on 
the  mardi  for  Detroit,  with  orders  to  build 
block-houses  at  th^  distance  of  every  twenty 
milea,  and  to  cut  a  road  for  the  march  of  the 
army^  *"         J 

June  I5th---The  army  followed  on  the  rout 
•f  Col.  M'Arthur  ;-.the  weather  was  extremely 
wet,  and  the  new  road  had  become  a*]perfect 
slough  nearly  the  whole  distance  to  tiie  River 
SciotOf. which  contributed  greatly  to  retard  our 
progress,— having  many  waggon^  attaehed  to 
the  army,  we  were  frequently  oUiged  to  halt 
and  relieve  them  from  the  mire--We  cameup 
with  M*ATthur*s  regiment  at  the  Scioto,  where 
they  were  just  completing  a  large  block»house« 
A  militia  sentinel  was.  sho\  through  the  body 
while  peaceably  walking  hb  post,  by  one  of  his 


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comrades  in  the  legiMcnr  wilhottt  wf  prtfioua 
provoGntioii  beiog  ghren  by  the  decctied.  Hit 
puniikment  was  as  siogular  as  his  crinae.  A 
Court  MaHiallpiiflKl  htm  guilty  of  murdir»  and 
he  was.  sentenced  p  hsYe  both  ears  irtpfiid^  and 
both  eheeks  bnmkd  with  the  letter  ML  which 
was  immeditttalgypt^t  19  execttdon. 

lupe  ITth.—^^  adi*Ai4niH»  fisi^mept  ag^ 
went  forward. ;--on.tbeStth  ^  amy  followed. 
An  extensive  swamp  wis  had  to  puss  throu^ 
caUed^  the  Jteh  Swamp,  rendered  it  imposMbie 
to  carry  ovr  baggappe  on  waggons  ;  it  was 
therefore  found  iio^iKuaiy  to  translei  the  fiour  to 
pack-horses,  whid^liafl^  put  up  in  ba^s  %% 
purpose.  Much  rain  haviog  previoudy  fillep» 
we  had  to  wade  ior  whole  days  through  mud 
and  water,  tormeiited  in  the  e.'^treme  Knpth  night 
and  day  by  tfie  adngs  of  the  innumerable  Hius-' 
quetpsand  knats.  The  wjiter  we  drpnk  could 
only  b^  obtained  from  h^^les  m^fle  by  the  pion. 
eers  in  advance,  or  figom  peaces  where  trees 
bad  been  torn  up  by  the  roots., 

It  was  thought  that  the  Indians  might  cause 
us  some  trouble  op  our  march  through  this  for- 
est, and  a  temporary  breast- work  of  felled  trees 
was  erected  each  day  on  encamping— however. 


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we  teeeived  no  <aiiiio|itiiQe  iir^Nn  «iy  tvmoifi 
during  our  march  Jto  the  Miami  rapidi,  wheie 
we  arrived  on  the  SMk^  aad  .^uod  CoL  M'Ai^ 
thiir  enoamped'on «  heaotifiil  |»lain  on.thebank 
of  the  riveh  On  the  ^^>poalte  ahoft,  we  were 
told,  waa  the  fiimoua  apot  where*  on  the  20th 
Aug.  1794,  Gen.  Wayne  gained  an  hnportartt 
victory  over  a  b6dy  of  abont  2000  Ittdknt; 

July  l-.iWe  erofiaed  the  river,  and  the  4th 
Begtcifere  muatered,  when  we  marched  a  few 
miles  through  a  small  village  ancf  encamped* 
Here  the  General  chartered  a  small  schooner  to 
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the  army  to  Detroit,  with  Lieut.  Gooding  of  the 
4th  regiment,  and  kdy,  and  the  Udies  of  Lieuts. 
Bacon  and  Fuller,  and  tMro  Sergeants,  Jennison 
and  Forbush,  and  about  thirty  privates.— These 
were  all  taken  by  the  British  brig  Hunter,  at 
the  mouth  of  Detroit  river,  and  which  was  tho 
first  notice  these  people  had  of  the  dedaration  6f 
war.— The  capture  of  this  vessel  was  truly  uh« 
fortunate  in  its  consequences  to  the  Americah 
army,  as  many  papers  of  great  importance,  re- 
lative to  our  future  operations,  fell  into  th^  hands 
of  the  enemy,  besides  the  private  bagage  df 
some  of  the  officers  of  the  army. 


Mrs.  Bacon  and  Mrs.  Fuller  were  sent  to  De- 
troit by  a  flag  of  truce  immediately  after  the 
sell  )oner  was  taken*- -Mrs  Gooding  prefered  re- 
maining at  Maiden,  with  her  husband,  who  was 
then  seriously  indisposed.  '^^ 

July  52d...Proceeded  on  our  m^^rch,  and  with- 
out any  occurrence  worthy  of  notice,  arrived  at 
the  river  Huron  on  the  ith,  and  threw  a  bridge 
of  logs  across  for  the  passage  of  the  waggons* 
The  Indians  from  Brownstown  came  to  the  river 
in  considerable  numbers,  apj^caring  very  friend- 
ly— seeing  many  waggons  Cross  the  bridge» 
while  \he  main  body  of  the  army  v/ere  screened 
from  their  view  by  a  piece  of  woods,  they 
expressed  their  surprize  that  Gen.  Hull  shoiild 
think  of  taking  the  Canadas,  ''with  so  many 
waggons  and  so  few  men  !*'and  were  very  cu- 
rious to  e:  amine  some  of  the  waggons,  to  as* 
certain  if  the  army  was  not  packed  up  within 
them.  The  army  crossed  the  bridge  and  en- 
camped. This  day  being  the  anniversary  of 
American  Independence,  an  extra  glass  of  whis- 
key was  issued  to  the  troops  on  the  occasion ! 

A  little  past  sunset  a  rumor  was  spread  in  the 

camp,  that  an  attack  was  intended  on  our  army 
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by  a  large  force  of  British  and  Indians,  In  con* 
sequence  we  were  called  to  arms,  to  which  we 
stood  by  turns  until  day 'break.  No  attack  was 
made.  We  received  our  first  information  here 
of  the  declaration  of  War  between  the  United 
Slates  and  Great-Britain. 

luly  5th — At  sunrise  wc  pro^^eeded  on  our 
march  without  interruption,  and  passed  through 
a  small  Indian  village  called  Brownstown.  The 
Indiana  appeared  very  friendly  ;  some  of  their 
Chiefs  came  out  and  saluted  the  General  with 
great  cordiality.  About  5  o'clock,  P.  M.  we 
arrived  within  3  miles  of  Detroit,  at  a  place  calK 
ed  Spring.  Wells. 

July  6th«— Marched  into  the  town  of  Detroit, 
and  encamped.  We  continued  here. 5  or  6 
days,  making  preparations  to  cross  the  river  into 
Upper  Canada.  The  troops  were  in  much  bet* 
ter  health  and  spirits  than  was  to  be  expected  af« 
ter  the  performance  of  so  long  and  laborious  a 
inarch  ;  and  all  appeared  Anxious  immediately 
to  commence  active  operations  against  the 
enemy. 

July  12— A  little  before  day  ttie  troops  were 
turned  ovt  with  great  sUence  ard  marclied  by 


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detachments  to  the  river,  where  we  immediate* 
]y  embarked  on  board  of  boats  prepared  fur  the 
purpose,  with  muAcd  oars,  and  a  few  minutes 
after  day  break  we  all  safely  landed  in  Up|)or 
Canada.— We  then  marched  a  short  distanoe 
down  the  river  and  formed  our  encampment  di* 
rectly  opposite  to  Detroit,«-when  the  American 
standard  was  hoisted,  and  the  following  Proclam- 
ation issued  dy  Gen.  Hull  :— 

Inbabliants  oj  Canada  f  ^ 

After  thirty  years  of  peace  and  prosperity,  the 
United  States  have  been  driven  to  arms>  This 
injuries  and  aggressions,  the  insults  and  indig- 
nities of  Great  Britain  have  once  more  left  them 
no  ahemative  but  nanly  resistance  or  iinoondi, 
tional  submission.  The  army  under  my  com" 
mand  .has  invaded  your  county  ;  the  standard  of 
the  Union  now  waves  upon  the  territory  of  Can- 
acki*  To  the  peaceable  unofiending  inhabitants 
it  brings  neither  danger  nor  d^culty.  1  come 
to  find  coemieQ,  not  to  make  them,  I  come  to 
protect,  kiot  to  injure  you. 

Separated  by  an  extensive  wilderness  from 
Great  Britain,  you  have  no  participation  in  her 
councils,  no  interest  in  her  conduct.    You  have 


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felt  ber  tyratiny,  you  have  seen  her    injustice. 
But  I  do  not  ask  you  'to  avenge  the  one  or  to 
redress  the  other.     The  United  States  are  suf- 
ficiently powerful  to  afford  eve^y  sectirity  con* 
ststent  with  their  rights  and  your  expectations. 
1  tender  y8i]  the  invaluable  blessing  ofcivili  po-' 
litlcal  and  religious  liberty,  and  their  necessary 
^result,  individual   and  general  prosperity  ;  tha| 
liberty  which  gave  decbion  to  our  councils,  and 
energy  to  our  conduct  in  a  struggle  for  inde- 
pendence,— which  conducted  U8  safely  and  tri^ 
umphantly  through  the  stormy  period  of  ihe  rev* 
olutioh^that  liberty  which  has  raised  us  to  an 
elevated  rank  anaong  the  nation^  of  the  world  ; 
and  which  offered  us   a   greater  -measure,;  cuf 
peftcc  and  security,  of  wealth  and  imprft»vement, 
ihan  ever  fell  to  the  lot  of  any  pco|iIe.    In  the 
in^aijeiof  my  country,  and  the  authority  of  gov. 
crnment,  I  promise  you  protection  to  your  fee 
sons,  property    and   rights  ;    remain    at  your 
ftames  ;   pursue  your  peaceful  and  customary 
avocations  j  raise  not  your  hands  against  your 
brethren.     Many  of  your  fathers  fought  for  the 
freedom  and  independence  we  now  enjoy.    Bei 
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and  heirs  to  the  etme  heritage,  the  arrival  of«n 
army  of  friends  must  foe  hailed  by  you  with  a 
cordial  welcome.  You  will  be  emancipated 
firom  tyranny  and  oppressioDf  and  restored  to  the 
dignified  station  of  freedom..   Had! any  doubt 

*  of  eventual  success,  I  might  ask  your  assistance, 
but  I  do  not,  I  oome  prepared  for  evtry  con- 
tingency. I  have  a  force  which  will  look  down 
all  oppositioHf^and  that  force  19  but  thi^  vanguard 
of  a  much  greater-r-lf,  contrary  to  your  own  p* 
terest  and  t4iejust  expectation  of  my  cbuntry, 
you  sliould  take  part  in  the  approachiiig  contest, 
you  will  be  considered  as  enemies,  and  the  hor- 
rors and  calamities  of  war  will  sitalk  before  you. 

^  If  the  barbarous  and  savdige  policy  of  Great 
Britain  bp  pursued,  and  the  savages  are  let  loose 
to  murder  opr  citizens  and  butcher  even  women 
and  children,  li&i^  vtar  '^jU  be  a  war  of  exter. 
mination.  The  first  stroke  of  a  tomahawk— the 
first  attempt  M?ith  the  scalping  knife,  will  \xf  the 
signal  of  an  indiscrimiiiatc  scene  of  desolat^n. 
No  white  nian  found  fighting  by  the  side  of  an 
IndiWiwiUbe  taken  prisoner — ^^instant  death  will 
behislii^,  if  the  dictates  of  reason,  duty.  Jus. 
tice  ^mkI  humanity  cannot  prevent  the  employ- 

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ment  of  a  force  which  respects  «o- tights,  knd 
knawsno  wroD^,  it  will  be  prevented  by  a  sc- 
vere  and  relentless  system  of  retaliation.  i  I 
doubt,  pot  your  courage  and  firinness**-!  wHt 
not  doubt  your  attachment  to  liberty.    IfyoH^< 

tteodcr  your  services  yoIuotari{y$  they  will  ?Je 
accepted  readily.    The  United  States  offer  you 

A'pea^i  liberty  and  security.   LYdur  ehoice  lies 

"between  these  and  war^  shivery  and  dcstructipiu 

,^'^  ■■'■■ ."  . '  .  J.    ' 

Choose  then,  but- choose  wisely  ;  and  may  Be 

wholLOOWs  ihe  justice-of  our  cause,  and  who 

'  liolds  in  His  hands  the  fate  of  nations,  guide  you 

to  a  result  the  ^bst  compat&k  with  your  righl* 

und  interests^  your  peace  and^happiness.  »f 

The  troafi^lSifeidered  th»  i*rw^ 
highly  Ihdicl^tive  of  eneVletlic  m#a^es  V  ali 
though  the  *•  exmmtialirig^^  avowal%aii  disKp. 
proved  of  %  the  advocates  of  humanity  and  g<Hr.'^ 
cro^i^to  a  falkfi  ehemjr.  Tf^Caifiadians,  who 
|iii||l0Srom  their  hoiais  idH  our  eitteling  Can- 
a(ia»%  were  ^mg  diity  in  the  service  of  this 
Crown  at  Fort  MaUen,  returned  to  their^dit 
ings,  and  sought  protecttoti  from  the  Ainerican 
anny  ;  such  was  their  conMcmce  in  the  at^ity 
of  Gen.  HuU  to  i^rd  thtni  prolectiqo/  Uiat 


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many  of  them  had  expressed  their  willingness 
tojdinbur  army  whenever  it  should  be  ready 
to  march  against  the  enemy's  post  at  Maiden. 

The  Indians  also  seemed  willing  to  remain 
^leutral  rather  than  to  take  up  the  tomahawk  a* 
gainst  a  foree  which  to~  them  appeared  so  for- 
midable ar  that  of  the  American  army.  The 
troops  were  in  high  spirits,  and  loudly  express, 
ed  their  anxious  wi>h  to  be  immediately  led  d# 
against  the  enemy — instead  of  which,  or  taking 
any  ^'*  '■  ?i*age  of  the  favorable  momient  offered  to 
strike.  i»it:.  important  blow,  the  services  of  all  the 
carpenters,  blicksmiths,  and  artificers  of  eve^y 
kind  were  put  in  requisition ;  building  gun  car« 
riagea,  sealtng-ladders,  and.  gondplaai.  for  the 
'  transportation. of  our  heavy  ordnance. -^JiMiort, 
the  preparationa  which  were  makin  ^  ^  ' 
bespeak  some  grand  and  brilliant 
unparalteiled  in  the  annals  of  martial 

July  14-<-Col.  M'Arthur  was  de 
150  men  to  the  river  Thames,  where 
«d  a  considerable  quantity  of  provisions,""  Wai 
its,  arms  and  ammunition  ;  while  another  ] 
•ecured  several  hundred  merino  sheep  at 
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Juljr  li— CoL  Cflss  With  a  detachment  of  abont 
300  men,  left  the  eneampment  to  reconnoitre  the 
enemy's  r 'canoed  posts*  They  were,  found  in 
possession  of  the  bridge  over  Aux  Canard  river, 
five  miles  frdm  Maiden,  A  detachment  of  reg- 
ular troops  passed  the  river  to  the  south  side 
at  a  ford  about  5  miles  above  thC  bridge,  thence 
^own  to  the  eneiiiyi  whom  thcy^  attacked^iuid 
drove  from  their  position.  The  militia  behaved 
in  this  afitiiir  with  the  greatest  gstilantry ; — three 
^imes  the  British  format  and  as  often  were  eom- 
pefled  to  retreat.  The  loss  on  our  part  was  tri- 
fiing.  One  prisoner  was  taken,and  Col .  Cass  en* 
^tnipcfd  during  the  night  on  the  scene  of  action 
without  ffioleslallon, 

Elfquent  s^lrmishiAg  totilc  place  between  oth- 
er  dettMi^tii^nts  which  were  sent  p  reconnoitre 
In  one  of  these  reneontres  wp  lost 
d  and  eleven  wo^nde^*  Such  skir. 
,  tinarching  «Mi  coiinterniarehiiig  b^r^^  de- 
icntsfrotoi  the  army,  without  obtaining  any 
advantage  over  the  eiieciiy  llad  become  irksome 
to  tbe  troops  and  loud  Ailinkiurlttg  took  jdace* 
|SergeanftFt>rbush,oiieof  ^e  priaOQers  con- 
fined at  Maiden^  ibtind  means  tt»  Ixn  a  letter 


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voBveycd  to  his  Gtptiio,  (Burton)  informing  9£ 
the  weak  fitate  6f  th.«t  post ;  it  id  even  said  the 
prisoners  might -at  one  time  have  taken  il  with 
eCWy  asall  th«;  (brce  of  the  enemy  bad  crossed 
xkfi  riirer  to  the  American  side»  and  left  but  a 
sergeiiint's  guard  at  the  fort.-*It  was  further 
s^x^ted,  at  the  time  Col.  Cass  drove  the  British 
from  theh'  pbsition  at  the  river  aux  Canard^  an 
immedfate  attack  was  expected  upon  the  town 
and  fort,  and  that  preparations  were  miide  to  se. 
Cure  the  public  property,  and  to  make  good 
their  retreat  in  the  ^rc&t  of  an  assault  by  our 
army:-' 

July  2itkA  large  schooner  was  taken  posses^ 
sion  of  at  Sandwich  and  towed  up  the  river  to 
IJ'etroitf  and  men  employed,  to  fit  her .  up  for  the 
servicef  A  Cfwicl  arrived  from  fort  Michilli- 
macio^o  wUh^  Ainf^fC^n  wjbphad.sur. 

reiMlered^hat  pc^t  td  the  enemy  without  reSsC' 
ance.—^They  were  ignorant  of  thedeclai 
war  until  they  m^ere  made  prisoners.  Not| 
forthet  ol'  conseqi^ence  took  place  luc^  eight  or 
ten  dajs.  The  yastpreparations  for  an  attack 
oaMaldcaivere  stilly  pi^ogreesing  with  great  ii\* 
fhistry,    The  mir*|:3  from  that  place  were  daily 


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^VilDf  if  0  jain  QUr  Aaiidirdj  «i|d  it  was  ex- 
pcei^im.  iviiiuBdHite  attack  vfpap  that  fort  would 
sow  be  mc^^. 

August  -rMajorVaa  Uorii«  Oi  CoK  Fiod- 
|^'aif|^in«fit  was  detaobid  with  ^  men  to 
ihe  river  IburiDt  for  ^e  purpose  of  eioor^ng  a 
qvaotiQr  of  provMoos  to  the  army^which  were  at 
Ibat  place  under  the  charge  ^f  Capt.  ^nah.  He 
was  attaeM  h«  ,tbe  woods  of  firowostowo  bjr  a 
laijgf  b9djr  of  Indiaiis  while  his  men  were  partak- 
ing of  a  Uttfe  refireahment  So  auddeaandun- 
f^cpected  was  the  i^taok  that  it  was  I^^HMfible 
to  form  the  men  in  line  of  battle,  although  every 
exoftlon  was  made  by  thf  oftcei's  for  that  |Mir« 
pose»    In  this  defeat  seven  officers  and  t^  prii 

irateswefff  killed,  and  many  more  W^nded-p-nt 
^hey  r^reated  m  great  diaorder,  having  part  of 

tlieir  kiUecl  on  the  field, 

Aug,  5««— Orders  are  at  last  isatied  by  Gen. 
Hull  for  the  army  t#  be  in  rea^nssa  ,to.take  the 
%ld  against  the  enemy ;  the  first  s^  for  this 
purpose,  was  to  ii^tf  ndbii  our  position  in  Uppei^ 
Canada,  and  return  to  Detroit ;  which  was  ac* 
complished  on  the  night  of  the  6th,  leaving  a 
a  detachmenti  boweveri  to  gr/rison  a  small  fo^ 


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we  had  built  during  our  stay  at  Sandvridi :  thia 
also  was  shortljr  after  set  fire  t<^  and  abandoned^ 
Aug.  8.— -In  conaeqUenee  f)f  (he  failure  of  the 
eApeditfbn  under  Major  Van  Horn,  the  4th  RegC. 
<«ltba  detachment  from  the  iniKtia,idl  undHf  thifr 
cothmand  of  Col*  Miller^  leflt  Detroit  about  S  6^ 
clock  ts  u,  and  proceeded  on  our  match  to  opeit 
the  confmunieation  with  Capi;  Brush,  who  had 
fortified  himself  on  the  banks  6f  the  river  BaiStfi. 
A  little  past  sunset  we  arrived  at  tSie  liVer  Db 
Coss,  which  we  crossed,  and  encamped  with-" 
out  teDts.-^£ar]y  next  nnorning  continued  dP 
march  and  about  12  o'clock  our  Cavaliy  w*  ^ 
fired  upon  by  some  Indian  scoUtSi  who  hadata- 
tjoned  themselves  behind  an  old  log  hut,  atnd 
lulled  one  and  wounded  another  of  the  dragoons* 
The  line  of  b^^nle  was  instantly  i^rmed,  and 
we  advanced  rapidly  forward,  foir  a  oonsidcrable 
distance;  but  no  enemy  could  be  discoveved;-— 
We  halted  to  refresh  on  an  open  field,  where  we 
tarried  a  short  tinie,  and  again  proceeded  on  oui^ 
march.— >>At  3  o^dock,  P.  M.  the  vanguard, 
commanded  by  Capt.  Snellingi  Was  fired  u^^on 
by  an  extensive  line  of  British  troops.  Capt. 
SarlHing  ttiaifitained  hb  position  in  a  moat  gallant 


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amiinfr  tintil  the  main  body  could  be  formed  in 
line  of  battle,  and  advance  to  his  relief ;  when 
the  whole,  excepting  the  rear  guard  was  brought 
into  action  in  a  masterly  style. by  our  brave  Com- 
mander.—-The  enemy  were  formed  in  an  advan- 
tageous position  behind  a  breast- work  of  felled 
trees ;  we  bad  advanced  but  ^.  few  rods  towards 
their  works  before  a  large  body  of  Indians  arose 
upon  each  flank  of  the  British  and  poured  a  tre- 
mendous fire  of  rifles  into  our  ranks ;  and  in  a 
Inoment  dropped  down  behind  their*  logs.  We 
lipt^cpntinued  on  the  advance,  and  could  discov- 
er nothing  but  the  smoke  from  their  discharge 
until  nearly  upon  them  with  the  bayonet,  which 
they  perceived,  before  they  had  time  to  reload, 
and  retreated  to  a  second  brea^t-work  ;  but  they, 
as  well  as  the  British,  were  driven  from  every 
place  wherever  they  attempted  to  make  a  stand. 
The  rout  became^  general,  and  .the  pursuit  con* 
tinued  for  about  two  miles,  to  the  village  of 
Brownstown,  where  the  British  took  to  their 
boats,  and  the  Indians  to  the  woods.— Col.  Mil- 
ler had  directed  a  charge  to  be  made  by  the 
Cavalry,  while  the  enemy  were  in  full  rout ; 
which  was  not  done,  although  Capt.  Snelling 


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^i&snd  kimaeirttt  lead  them  mi  in  person.  This 
cowardice  of  tlie  Cavalry  atone  saved  the  enemf 
from  destrucdoh.  In  die  acikm  an  Indian  had 
climbed  intdthe  top^of  a  Uurgelree,  from  which 

he  discharged  manjr  trrows  uitn  our  ranks,  biiT' 
was  discovered  by  Ji^  soKSers,  and  brought 
down  very  suddenly*    Another  Indian  who  had  > 
been  #ounde^  tnd  lay  jn^  the  woods  unable  to 
move  (rom  hb  pUceg  had  loaded  his  rM^  and' 
shot  down  s  miHtia  soklier;  who  was  in  searefir 
of  some  of  his  folten  comrades;  a  party  near  by 
heard  Ihe  report  of  the  fiie,  came  up  and  dis- 
patctux}  the  IndUm  while  in  the  aet  of  reloading, 
for  anmhec  victim  who  might:  pate  In  his  tvi^,^ 
Our  killed  and  wounded  were  coUeeted  befi>i#' 
dark  and  bi'ouglit  to  thecimp;  consisting  oMg 
killed  ^qd  S$  wounded.    Thd  loss  of  the  British 
and  Indians  were  lOO  kykd*  and  near^  twice 
that  number  wourxhrd.    Many  of  th^m  wei« 
picked  up  and  brought    into  camp  the  same 
evening,  and  ^eir  wounds  carehi%  ittei^  to. 
The  British   were  coit^aiKlrd  In  thii  iction 
by  M^or  Muir^snd  the  Ieidkhs^Vl*^dit^i|;h, 
Marpc;  and  Waflt4n.the-wateft     tmt  fonk 
contested  of  three  hundred   Regulars  and  five 


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hundred  Indiani,  nearly  one   third  greater  than 
the  American  force  undt- r  Col  Miller. 

The  only  Officers  of  the  4ch  Hegt.  wounded, 
were  Lieut.  Larabee,  a  brave  officer  who  lost 
an  arm— and  Lieut  George  P.  Peterjs,  who 
commanded  the  late  Capt.  Wentworth*s  com. 
pany. 

Aug«  10 — Boats  from  Detroit  arrived  to  tak^ 
up  the  wounded,    On  their  return  they  ^vcre 
fired  upon  by  the  British  brig  Hunter,  and  even 
after   the  wounded  were    transferred  from  the 
boats  to  waggons,  this  vessel  took  several   posi- 
tions  to  hara&s  them  on  their  return  to  Detroit* 
Col.  Miller  had  determined  to  push  on  to  the 
river  Raisin  ;    for    which  purpose  the  troopg 
Wire  paraded  in  readiness  to  march  ;   but  tha 
Col.  was  suddenly  attacked  by  a  fit  of  the  fever 
and  ague,  with  which  he  had  been  partially  af- 
flicted from  the  time  of  his  severe  illness  at  Fort 
Harrison  in  Indiana.     We  therefore  continued 
on  the  ground  this  day,  expecting   provisions 
from  Detroit,  but  none  arrived.    We    observed 
the  British  to  be  busy  in  crossing  over  troops 
from  MaMen  a  few  miles  below  us»  and  con- 
cluded thty^intended^aii  attack  upon  our  eocamfN 


flicm  the  foHowlfig  night.  About  sunset  sn  ex* 
press  arrived  in  Camp  from  the  General  at  Dc* 
troiti  with  a  peremtory  order  for  the  troops  to 
return  that  evening  to  the  river  De  Coss.  We 
were  immediately  formed  and  proceeded  on  our 
return.  It  having  rained  the  whole  of  the  day, 
,  and  the  night  being  extremely  dark,  it  was  with 
great  difficulty  we  reached  the  river;  being 
without  tents  we  were  wet  to  the  skin  ;  many 
lost  their  shoes  in  the  niud  and  came  on  barefoot. 
About  9  o*clock  tlie  next  morning  wc  arrived 
at  the  river,  and  after  partaking  of  some  refresh- 
ment, which  had  been  sent  to  this  place)  we 
spread  our  blankets,  which  were  wet  as  well  as 
the  ground  we  lay  upon  ;  and  notwithstanding 
our  uncomfortable  situation  we  slept  soundl^ 
vititil  day  light. 

Aug.  1 1 — Continued  on  our  march,  re«crossed 
.the  river  De  Coss,  ^nd  arrived  at  Detroit  about 
12  o'clock. 

Aug.  12  —The  British  had  taken  possession  oi 
the  ground  we  had  abandoned  at  Sandwich,  and 
commenced  throwing  up  their  works  i  at  which 
they  continued  without  interruption  until  the 
15tby  working  in  open  day.    Our  troops  were  al" 


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» employed  io  erecting  batteries  on  the  bank  of 
the  river,  opposite  to  those  of  the  British.  . 

Aag.  14.. -A  cletachment  of  three  hundred 
and  fifty  troops  from  M*  Arthur's  and  Cass'  reg^ 
iments  were  ordered  to  the  river  Raisin  to  es- 
cort up  the  provisions  which  h&d  so  long  re* 
matned  there  under  the  protection  of  Captain 
Brush.  This  was  the  /^/ri/ detachment  which 
had  bfcn  sent  on  that  service.  v* 

Aug,  15»— The  enemy  had  completed  their 
batteries,  and  about  10  o'clock,  P.  M.  Gen. 
Brock,  the  British  commander,  sent  over  a  flag 
of  truce  from  Sandwich,  with  a  summons  for 
the  surrender  of  the  town  and  fort ;  stating  that 
he  could  no  longer  restrain  the  fury  of  the  sav- 
ages, and  should  at  3  o'clock,  commence  a  can- 
nonade upon  the  place  unless  the  summons  was 
complied  with.  A  prompt  and  spirited  refusal 
was  returned.  At  4  o'clock  their  batteries  wero 
opened  upon  the  town,  from  two  18  pounders 
and  a  howitzer.  Their  fire  was  briskly  return* 
ed  from  our  two  batteries  of  three  ^4  pounders, 
and  continued  without  interruption  until  dark. 
In  the  evening  fhey  commenced  throwing  shells, 
and  did  aot  cease  until  9  o'clock.    No  person 


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was  hurt,  or  but  little  damage  done,  except  to  a 
few  buildinga  in  the  town* 

Aug.  16— At  day  light  the  firing  recommenc 
ed  upon  the  fort,  where  was  autioned  the  4th 

\  regiment.  Not  a  gun  waa  fired  from  this  place 
in  return.  Five  men  were  killed  and  wounded 
in  the  fort,  where  the  Gen.  and  some  citizens 

,  from  the  town  had  repaired.  At  sunrise  the  In- 
dians appeared  in  the  woods  back  of  ^he  town, 
while  the  British  were  seen  landint;  from  the 
Queen  Charlotte  at  Spring  Wells,  three  miles 
below  us.  About  8  o'clock  they  began  to  iiove 
towards  us  in  close  column.  It  was  now  that  we 
every  moment  expected  the  orders  of  the  Gen. 
to  march  out  and  commence  the  battle. which  was 
to  decide  the  fate  of  diis  army  .—The  long  wish, 
ed  for  moment  had  now  arrived  ;  the  eyes  of  the 
soldiers  of  the  4th  regiment  were  turned  towards 
thtir  brave  Commander,  Col.  Miilwr,  and  seem- 
ed to  express  the  ardent  wishes  of  the  men  for 
Jbim  to  give  the  word  and  lead  the  way. 

The  militia  were  posted  outside  of  the  fort, 
behind  a  line   of  pickets.     Two  24  pounders 

..  loaded  with  grape  shot  were  placed  in  a  situatibn 

•  to  sweep  the  advancing  cohimn  of  ihe  enemy. 


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c  :;The  British  troops  advanced  vviiii  a  regular  ^■ 
step,  and  in  fine  order.    All  was  silent  in  the  fort  n 
'  -— "  Not  a  discontent  broke  upon  the  ear— Not  i 
^  a  look  of  cowardice  met  the  eye."    We  listen. 
^  ed  in  eager  expectation,  ihat  ^ach  moment  our# 
^  ears  wouki  be  saluted  from  the  discharge  of  tbcfi 
24  pounders.     What  was  our  surprisb  when  wei 
beheld  the  militia  retreating  towards  the  foct»& 
and  at  the  same  time  an  American  Officer  on 
horseback  riding    towards  the    British  columft,^ 
'•-  bearing  a  'obUeftag^  while  another   was  placed 
on  the  parapet  of  the  fort«     A  soldier  attempted- 
to  knock  it  down  with  his  muaquet— an  officer  4 
stepped  up    and  commanded  him   to  desist^^| 
'V  There  sir,*'  says  the  soldier,  pointing  to  the  | 
American  colors,  then  waving  on  the  tag-staflP— |* 
'*  Yhere  is  the  flag  I  choose  to  fight  under  Z*'-^  ii 
Such  was  the  spirit  which  animated  the  whole  ^ 
body  of  the  troops,     A  British  officer  rode  up  to 
the  fort,  and  in  thirty  minutes  afterwards  a  capit-,, 
ulation  was  signed..    The  Adjutant  soon  aft^r 
V  came  in  and  informed  the  troops  that  ve  must 
'  consider  ourselves  prisoners  of  war  to  His  Brit%. 
tannic  Majesty's  forces  under  Gen.  Brock, 
i  JSuch  curses  and  imprecations  as  were  now  ut- 
(;red  by  the  soldiers  upon  the  head  of  our  Gcner- 


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a],  were  perhaps  never  before  made  use  in  anf 
army.-r-"7rrflr/fery"— "  fFe  arc  so/S*^ — was  the 
cry  throughout. 

.-Wewere  ordered  to  pack  up  our  effects  ^9  h 
soon  as  possible*    Some  officers  entered  the  loft  ^^ 
.  of  the  store  house,  where  they  found  a  few  arti* 
cles  of  clothing,  which  was  distributed  among  us. 
The  militia  had  been  crowded  into  the  furt  which  "^ 
now  was  nearly  filled  with  troops,    in  great  dis.  f 
order.  *  ^Y«?if 

V    At  12  o*cIock  the  British  marched  in  and  took  '^ 
possession  of  the  fort*     We  were  then  ordered  ' 
,  to  shoulder  arms  and  march  out  in  sections.— ' 
.Passing   near  the  British,    we    observed    ther 
greater  part  of  their  troops  to  be  Militia,  having 
V*  Canadian  Militia,**  stamped  on  the  buttons  of 
.  their  coats,  which  were  rrrf,  and  gave  them  the 
appearance  of  regulars. — Of  the  red  coats  there  ^ 
were  20  platoons,  with  12  men  to  each,  (348)  f 
^  and  about  the  same  number  without  uniforms.-* 
-  We  were  marched  into  a  field  adjoining  the  fort» 
.  and  stacked  our  arms — a  British  guard  w^  im- 
mediately placed  over  them.  i 
'  The  colors  of  the  4th  regiment  were  next ' 
brought  out  by  the  Adjutant  aod  delivered  into 


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the  bands  of  a  British  officer:  tJiif  Observing 
||iis  the  soldiers  could  not  suppress  their  tears. 

These  colors  were  a  present  to  the  regiment  by 
some  ladies  in  Boston,  and  had  been  borne  vic- 
toriously on  the  banks  of  the  Wabash,  and  the 
shores  of  Erie,  and  at  last  are  obliged  to  be 
Bhamefully  surrendered  to  Canadian  Militia,  in 
consequence  of  the  covjardfyt  (i£  not  treacherous) 
conduct  of  our  General,  .ni 

The  absence  pf  Cols.  M^Arthur  and  Cass 
was  greatly  lamented — had  they  bfen  ^present, 
doubtless  an  engagement  would  ha? f;  taken  place ; 
but  some  how  or  other  the  plans  of  the  Gen* 
seemed  to  be  more  wisely  arranged  for  a  surren- 
der than  a  manly  defence*    ; 

There  were  surrendered  with  the  fort»29  pieces 
of  cannon,  2500  stands  of  arms  and  a  consid- 
erable quantity  of  military  stores  and  provi- 
sions. 

At  2  o'clock  we  were  sent  on  board  a  schooner^ 
(the  same  we  had  taken  possession  of  while  at 
Sanlfwich)  where  wounded  and  sick  men,  worn- 
en  and  children  were  stowed  away  withoi^t  dis* 
crimination.  We  received  no  provi|ionB |k»m 
the  British  for  two  days ;  but  fortunately  some 


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•df  the  men  had  brought  a  smaQ  quantity  on 
board  with  them»  which  was  shared  simong  us 
while  it  lasted. 

Aug.  18. — We  were  transferred  to  another 
schooner  and  sent  to  Maiden,  where  we  met 
with  our  former  comrades  who  were  taken  pris- 
oners on  the  2d  July,  confined  on  board  an  old 
vessel  in  the  river.  They  said  they  had  been 
»well  treated  by  the  British,  but  were  frequently 
insulted  by  the  Indians  who  passed  along  the 
shore.  Sergi.  Jennison  has  favored  the  author 
with  the  fbUowing   minutes  of  the  conduct  of 

'^the  Indians    while  he  remained  a  prisoner  at 

Maiden :  ^  * 

••On  the  18th  July  we  were  Informed  that  an 

•engagement  took  place  at  the  river  aux  Carnard 
between  our  troops  and  the  British,  and  that  the 

'  former  were  driven  back.     A  British    soldier 

t>was  killed  in  the  action,  and  buried  near  the  riv- 
er; the  Indians  afterwards  dug  up  the  body, 
(supposing  him  to  be  an  American)  and  took  off 
the  scalp.  Towards  evening  they  came  Into  the 
town  with  the  scalp  fixed  to  a  pole,  which  they 

"shook  at  us,  saying  •«  one  yankee  gone  home.' 


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"  July  19——  A  number  of  Indiana  came  in 
from  a  skirmi&h  with  our  troops,  having  one  of 
their  number  badly  wounded  ;  when  they  came 
opposite  to  us,  they  suddenly  halted  and  pointed 
their  rifles  towards  m  as  we  were  walking  the 

deck,  in  order  to  frighten  us,  as  we  supposed ; 
but  not  taking  any  particular  notice  of  them, 
they  discharged  several  pieces  at  us  ;  some  of 
their' shot  came  very  closci  but  they  did  no  in* 

jiiry,  -■-■  '       ' .  <■•'■■/  -R^:"  ^'  -if  -'  '  .    .'.:  ^. 

July  21 — The  Indians  received  new  blankets 
and  guns  from  the  King's  store.  An  American 
prisoner  was  brought  to  the  fort  by  the  name  of 
Burns— he  was  shot  through  the  thigh,  \and 
had  been  awfully  beat  by  the  squaws  :  an  officer 
found  means  to  purchase  him,  and  thereby  sav- 
ed his  life. 

^  Aug,  4. — The  Indians  at  Brownstown  agreed 
in  council  to  take  up  the  tomahawk  against  the 
Americans,  and  a  number  of  boats  passed  across 
the  river  to  assist  them  over  with  their  effects,— 
Gen«  Brock  soon  after  arrived  with  troops  from 
York.  Nothing  more  of  consequence  took  placfc 
here  until  the  arrival  «f  our  troops  firom  Detroi(.f' 


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On  our  arrival  at   Maiden   we  were  put  on 

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board  of  diflfcrcnt  vessels  in  the  river  :  The  pri« 
vate  property  taken  in  the  schooner  the  %ld  of 
July  was  restored  to  its  right  owners. 

Aug.  19,— The  regular  troops  were  put  on 
board  th^  Queen  Charlotte  and  another  small 
vessel  in  the  river^  Provisions  were  dealt  out 
to  us,  consisting  of  pork  and  flour  ;  but  we  had 
no  convenience  allowed  us  to  cook  it.  and  were 
obliged  to  eat  our  pork  raw.  The  flour,  we  con- 
trived to  mix  into  small  cakes,  and  when  the 
greasy  cook  to  the  vessel  saw  fit  to  grant  us  per- 
mission, we  threw  them  into  his  kettle,  where 
they  were  boiled. 

The  Militia  prisoners  departed  in  two  vessels 
for  Cleveland  where  they  were  to  rccv^Ive  their 
paroles. 

Aug.  20 — We  set  sail  from  Maiden  for  fort 
Erie  in  the  Queen  Charlotte  and  a  schooner.— 
Cur  situation  on  board  the  schooner  was  truijT' 
deplorable  :  being  150  of  us  in  number,  there  , 
was  hardly  room  sufficient  for  us  to  stand  to- 
gether in  the  hold.  Only  a  few  were  allowed 
to  remain  on  deck  at  a  time,  and  at  night  all 
were  turned  below,  where  *we  were  oblige(i  to 


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huddle  together  and  each  one  rest  the  best  way 
he  could.  The  hold  became  so  foul  before  morn« 
ing  that  the  men  ^ould  gather  at  the  hfilchwi*y, 
greatly  distressed  Icf  fresh  air.  ^   ^  -  ifw^> 

Ader  a  passage  of  three  days  we  a  iived  at 
Fort  Krie,  half  famished  with  hunger  ;  akliough   ' 
we  had  a  plenty  cf  provisions  on  board  suc^h  as  '^ 
it  was  ;— raw  pork  and  dough  may  ainswer  two  * 
or  three  meals  for  a  soldier^  but  a  ttMitmuaiice  vr. 
such  foe  i  woalf!  starve  even  him.        <.*4^j>^^i^ 

Aug.  S'id— Wewcrc  landedi    and  informed*^ 
that  an  amiistice  had  been  concluded  between^ 
the  two  governments.— We  tarried  here  but  a  **^ 
short  time — drew  provisions  for  the  day,  and*^* 
at  ten  o'clock  we  were  formed,  and   tinder  a  ^i 
guard  proceeded  on  our  mareh  for  foK  George*  « 
As  we  passed  Black  Rock,   the  American  fort  ^ 
on  the  opposite  shore,  we  beheld   many  of  our  "^ 
country  soldiers  viewing  us  from  the  ramparts* 
At  sunset  we  arrived  at  Chippewa,  and  Were^/ 
confined  in  a  large  building  where  we  remained '^' 
for  that  night.     Two  or  three  of  our  men  e»*  •' 
caped  from  the  British  and  crossed  the  river  to  the 
American  side  on  a  jgate  which  they  had'  taken ^^ 
from  the  fence  near  the  building.  where'W#wer«^«i 
confined.  ^ 


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Aug  S4-*A  quaptilj  of  Qpol^^cd  provision  ip9 
dealt  out  to  us  $  and  at  8  o'clock  we  ^  again 
commenced  our  march ;  paaped  tbrongli  Queens*  ^^ 
town,  and.  arrived  a^  Fort  Geor^,  iibout  two^ 
o'clock*  P.  M.— We  were  paracjed  ind  a  strict 
examination   made  for  British  deserters ;  but^,* 

.One  of  our  meii  liy  the  mu|ie  of  Barkert  an  A-| 
merican  by  birth,  tiad  been  previpujily  daimed^^. 
and  was  taken  from  us  as  fi  'British  deserter—*  ^ 
he  jh^  be^n  t|i  thf .  Qin^ti^h  secy  ice  at  Qitebee 
sev^:  years  l^Qi^y  and  frooi  ifhich  he  d^rtedf 
and  enlist^  at  FcNTt  In^speiHlciiof  i^  Bpao|i»  iR| 

Ai|g*  ST-r-W^^  embarked  on  boavd  two  gqn 
brigsy  tbe  Royal  Georgp  and  Prince  jRegei|t»  and 
in  two  days  arrived  at  Kingston,  where  we  were 
well  treated  and  had  plenty  0f  provisions  allow^^ 
a9*;  jQqp  Qfpuf  m^  wasprevaikd  iippvi  to  en- 
ters Ih^hjSrttish  service»  oa  bpwrd  the  Royd 
CJc«gei 

A«^«  99m*Two  hundred  ft^tish  ^oops  »•  ,^. 
nmd  #om  Montreal  in  Baiteaax  f  and  al  t^ 
iR«c  time  we  fcceived  ocdprs jQ  be  ill  ffi^ 


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passage.  * 

A  Corpordand  Musician  of  Captain  Brown's 
Company  made  their  escape  by  swimming  to  a 
small  island  a  short  distance  from  where  we 
were  confined* 

Sept.  i...  We  drew  provisions  for  4  days,  and 
embarked  on  board  the  batteaux,  and  ordered  to 
Montreal  A  strong  guard  of  soldiers,  in  boats 
carrying  a  small  swivel  in  the  bow,  loaded  with 
grape  shot,  escorted  us  on  our  passage  ;'-w6 
were  compelled  to  row  ourselves  in  the  boats. 
Which  much  fatigued  us  in  our  weakly  situation  I 
but  coniplaints  were  of  no  other  consequence  here 
tlfiin  an  addition  of  abuse  s  he  who  Complained 
least  fared  best*— Eadh  night  th^  boats  were 
Brought  ashore,  and  a  guard  lined  the  beach  ta 
piNsvent  us  from  leaving  thenu  ^f 

^We  were  not  allowed  to  go  three  rods  from 
the  boats,  and  if  in  that  compass  vire  could  pirdl 
Cure  Aiel  sufficient  to  coolc  our  provision,  it  Wai 
wet),  otherwise  our  nekt  day*s  fare  must  b6  on 
niW  pof^|/as  uiual.  Atdark  \ve  were  dl  driveh 
tothe  boats,  where  We  nemained  till  Hioifhitiff, 
in  a  very  uncomfortable  situation,  there  being 


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from  twelve  to  fifteen  men  in  each  it  was 
impoaiiblc  to  lay  in  any  cpiivenient  position  for 
resting  or  sleep.  '^ 

^  Sept.  7— We  arrived  at  a  small  village,  tev* 
enteen  miles  from  Montreal— crowds  of  people 
had  collected  at  this  place,  to  have  a  peep  as  thej^ 
said,  at  Gen.  Hull's  **cxicrminating yankus^^* — 
Our  guard  was  strengthened  by  a  fine  looking 
company  of  vuluntcersi  and  about  three  o'clock 
we  were  paraded  in  sections,  and  commence^ 
our  niarch  for  th^  city»  where  we  arrived  about 
Hy clock-in  the  evening.  The  streets  through 
which  we  passed,  anc)  the  houses  were  filled  with 
upectatprs,  holdiog  lights  bixn  their  windows^ 
||||^  band  of  music  joined  the  escort^  and  struct^ 
|ip  Q^r  much  admired  ditty»  **  jankec  doodie^** 
ill  ivhi^l^  tliey  were  joined  by  all  of  us  who  cpuld 
iphifll^  theiuqe;  $  and  like  merry  yankee  soldierf 
we  jogged  on,  and  when  they  ceased  to  play, 
ysMkee,  doodle  wa9  loudly  called  for  by  the  reg* 
ko^%r  M  laft  somewhat  mortified  at  our  con* 
^ct,they  began  **  Rule  Brittania,"  which  was 
l^heered  (jy  the  multitude^  but  we  still  continu* 
Ml,o^r^vo^te  song,  some  singing  and  others 
if^usUing  till  we  reached  the  barracksjt         ^^ 


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\  iSefit  7— M^f  pfcopfe  tfow^cd^tfibtit^ 
birntck  jwcf,  but  noiie  were  ptmnittcd  to 
convene  with  uf.  In  the  afternoon  #e  weri 
graded  by  compahfes,  ind  a  list  descriptive  of 
each  individual  of  the  regiment  was  taken  by 
the  British  officers.  J 

Sept  S-^Wt  embarked  on  board  of  boaU  to 
descend  the  river  to  Quebec— we  arrived  verj^ 
iit^  at  the  mouth  of  the  river  Sorel,  and  were  im» 
mediately  landed ;  passing  two  lines  of  soldjers 
wkh  charged  bayonets*  to  a  large  stone  housei^ 
find  were  (hut  close  during  the  night.  No|» 
^thstatidinpr  ciir  nested  calls  Ibr  water  not  g 
4^  wOtold  tli^  jtllow  us  ;  neither  would  thcf 
ftfTMlii  lis  to  piis^ut  in  any  ease  wkitever«  At 
suf^ri^  we  Were  ftnnied  out  and  ordered  to  tht 
h(m§t  and  w^^  permitted  to  cook  our  breakfast 
^riihe  ^hore,  proVldl^d  we  could  fihdfirel  near  ^W 
for  they  would  allow  us  none  but  what  tt^e  couki 
pick  ^p  labout  the  boats.  It  is  sbtHeWhat  singii^ 
hr  that  oiir  cfficersi  (Many  of  wkom  tvero  liUh 
lis)  coolci  b^  so  regardless  oif  Our  situation.  IM 
they  manifested  the  fame  spirit  for  the  welfi^re 
ofthelr  meninr<i/&rmof,  that  they  did  in  aam,^ 
servicc9%t  should  never  hsre  been  ^o  sbameM^^ 


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abused.  Se^geint  Tracy  of  the  late  Capt.  Baenfs 
company,  was  the  only  man  among  us  who 
had  spirit  enough  to  speak  openif  to  the,  British 
officers  of  our  treatment  in  this  rair  thrjry^y^ 
that  our  being  chsify  confined  was  without  thr 
ordersof  the  commanding  officer ;  and  the  officer 
who  commanded  the  guard  had  been  severely 
reprimanded  for  his  conduct— poor  consolation 
enough  for  our  sufferings.  7^ 

^  Sept.  9-«-We  embarked  and  continued  on  our 
passage— four  of  our  men  were  missing.— At 
sunset  we  arrived  at  Cornwall— were  landed,  and! 
marched  into  the  jail  yard,  which  appeared  by 
the  filth  about  us,  to  have  been  a  rendezvous 
for  all  the  hogs  of  the  villag^^  The  gate  war 
closed  upon  us,  and  we  spread  our  blankets 
upon  the  ground  and  lay  quie|Iy  until  morning* 
We  tarried  here  the  following  day,  atid  no  man 
was  permitted  to  leave  the  yard  on  any  consider- 
ation whatever. 

' '  Sept.  U— We  proceeded  on  our  passage,  and 
about  4  o'clock,  P.  M,  arrived  at  a  town  called 
Three  Rivers ;  here  our  guard  was  relieved  by 
a  company  of  the  Glengary  regiyie^.  In  this 
companf  we  recognused  several  of  m  former 


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tol'ffcrtof  the  ilth  r^minil,  wHo  Ind  deiened 
as  on  our  marth  ihfough  PUmijFlfmki.      ^«9j^ 

'  Stpt,  1341^  We  irrWed  it  Qaebeei  aind  wift 
iipniiliUlji  pit  oil  bdtrd  two  timtport  Mp% 

^^  in  the  rl?€r  i  ind  hera  commenMcl  llit* 
grttteftt  of  our  sufierhigs  ■»  piisoncra  of  ivtr« 
The  weather  was  cool  and  we  wene  deatitute  of 
sufHcient  cbthing  ;  the  prt^USoin  nhieh    hmm 
dealt  out   to  us  was  tt  for  n6Ae  but  hoga« 

'Each  mail  i«ceived  three  sea  biseuit  for  his  daily 

allowance,    about  the  kize  of  "a  Sautter  i  these 

I  iikrt  fbll  of  small  worms,  and  we  drew  no  better 

^ead  while  wie  (fontfnded  on  board. '  Beef  and 

'fkiflc  was  giten  us  once  a  wbct,  in  qtiaiftltles  too 
^  small' to  saiis^  our  Appetitei.  Wb  also  drew 
,    Ipcfltt,  rice,  and  oatmeal,  Whiish  iihe^1^ngl)oit. 

jed  they  called  Surgdo^  or  some  Sucfi'  name' ;— it 

Was  bitter  and  hot  at  at)  palatable  eVen'to  siom- 

^^Hchs  as  hungry  ^'dti^;'  l/t^  i:d^>&uned;  pe. 

.  ,lit|ioned,  and  remonstrated  agaiMt  sucn  treat- 
ikni ;  but  no  notice  was  taken  of  us  wliat^en 
The  healths  of  the  mcin  in  a  ih6rt  tiii»s  tietaiS  to 
waste  awaf ,  tind  anoAer  vessel  wks  pffc^Mi^e^  to 
ItceiTe  tke  sick.     The  "Weather  becoft]3i«|f*tdo 


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cod  j^  ov  comibrt,  'ti'mk  s^p^t'llidi 


Manktl^,  aiMi   in'  i  than  ttiie  Uterwanir  we 

found  onnelfes  eortred  with  verniin,  which  no 

*doQbt  we  ivctWed  Arom  thete  bhinkett.  m  they 

Were  oM,  ■ndhad  probably  been  used  on  board 

of  other  prison  ships,  previous  to  our  arrivil. 

We  fbrmed  a  kind  of  police  on  board  to  keep  our. 

soltet  iS  dean  and  make  our  situation  as  com. 

'fortableas  possible,   and  each  of  the  deoks  a. 

'boveand  beloil  was  scraped  and  washed  down. 

\. once  a  day  s— we  had  no  soap  allowed  us  to 

'ftlKrash  oar  clothing,  neither  bad  we   money  to 
'buy  a  smgle  article  for  our  comfort ;  and  even  if 

i  .we  had,  the  extravagant  price  demanded  for  al^ 
articles,  would  liate  taken  nearly  tlit  whole  pay 

^  'l^f  a  soldier  for  one  year  to  iupply  him  with  net* 

./pessariesibr  a  month. 

j-^t  Waii/tiftfleaiiendied  h^rc,  sirid  irefe't)0fkd 
^l)ack  bf  the  tity.    Our  Vi^ation  becartte  aAanh. 

.i  ii^|»  >trid  a  ^titibn  from  the  prisoners  was  drawn 

Up  to  be  fbrwarvled  to  ^he  Commaliding  O&xr 

'•l  Q^eb«j»  -bwt    wc   received  the  agreeable 

liews^liirwewere  to  t^'i^nthomle  on  Tpaifele, 

^^/tndofof^cmirstUwaiiWltfcheld     YfotlditT^Mid 

;,lie«sced  the  joy  manifested  by  the  prisoners  on 
jhetcb^f^itoft  «f  *te  pteask^f  i«sU^^ 


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Baker,  a  few  dayi  previous  arrived  with  money 
to  pey  off  th&nien  ;  but  only  a  few  of  the  noo- 
eommissioned  officers  were  i^Mid,  as  it  was  coii«>'' 
sidered  improper  to  give  all  the  men  their  wages, 
in  consequence  of  the  high  price  demanded  for 
necessaries  Potatoes  were  sold  on  board  for 
half  a  dollar  a  peck,  while  they  were  selling  in 
the  city  for  half  a  dollar  per  bushel ;  prices  in 
the  same  proportion  were  set  up'on  all  the  arti- 
cles we  Stood  in  need  of.  .^^r 

Oct,  26— -;Some  of  the  non-commissioned  offi-    ' 
cerswerie  permitted  to  go  oii  shore  and  piirchasi' 
necessaries  lor  us  oh  the  passage  ;  and  had  the 
privilege  of  selling  articles  to  the  men,  which 
was  a  great  reliefno  us^  although'  tbey  also  de*  * 
manoed  an  exorbitant  price  for  their  goods  ;-^ ' 
takipg  advantage  of  the  privilege  gi*r?n  them  to 
help,  their    suffering  comrades,  many  ofthemi  ' 
had  the  niggardly   meanness  to    turn  it  into  a  ^ 
speculating  business  ; -however,  there  were  a 
few  i  nobler  minded    onest -  who  did  all  in   their  ^ 
power  to  alleviate  oat  sufferings  ;i-*such  were 
•ergeants    Wright,  lennison,  and  Forbosh,  to^^ 
whom  mihy  of  the  men  are  indebted  for  tbdr^^ 
frieiidly  aaM^aocefduriagour  €dnfiiiemenl.     -^r^^ 


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had  been  quartered  in  the  vicinilj  of  Qyebco 
^UTived  tHi  board  to  take  their  paaaigt  with  ui4o 
Boston.  ^ 

tv  Oct.  99-^Earljr  in  the  moriiing  we  set  sail 
Irofli  Quebec  in  compinjr  with  anolhek'  transport 
with  prisoners*  for  Boston.        >ij  #r«^^  t 

f., Nothing  of  consequence  took  place  except  tlit 
4eath  of  on^  or  twp  of  our  men,  until  we  ikrrived 
in  the  Guiph  of  St,  Lawrence^  where  we  ex^ 
perienccd  a  severe  gale  of  wind,  which  drove  us 
on  our  cqursc  at  an  amaaiing  rate*  During  thit 
gale  our  situation  was,  tnily  distressing}  some 
were  sea-siqk,  others  were  ,  frightened,  and  all 
txpected  to  be  lo«|^.^^|«ate  at  night,  b^eahinm^% 
crit^d  out  Uy  tb^^ands  on  deck,  and  those  among 
us  who  <CQU»4  be  of  any  service,  spraug  from 
their  births,  and  assisted  the  seamen  to  pu$ 
abuut  the  ship.  .  f^.  f*  <"■    «« 

^  Npv.  14 — ^^We  had  cleared  the  Grand  Banks, 

and  were  far  out  at  sea>  with  very  boisteroas' 
weather ;  many  of  the  men  had  died  and  were 
cast  overboard.  The  weatlier  was  so  fool  «nd 
cloudy  that  na  observation  could  be  taken,  «nd 
the  Captain  of  the  vessel  had  been  unweU^durin^ 


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the  whole  passage,  and  it  uras  deemed  necessarT 
to  make  the  nearest  port.     We  steered  a  N.  W*^ 
direction,  and  on  the  dOth  Nov.  we  diacovcred. 
land  directly  ahead,  and  m«de  all  sail  for  lii f^^ 
i  About  12  o^clock  we  came  up  to  the  light, 
house,  and  fired  a   signal  gun   for  a  pilot-«a 
man  came  off,  and  informed  us  where  we  were, 
(our  Captain  being  totally  ignorant)— it  proved 
to  be  Shelburne  on  the  east  side  of  the  bay  of* 
Fundy.     The  inhabitants  came  off  in  boats  with 
produce  and  fish,  which  they  sold  at  st  fkir  pricl^ 
We  tarried  here  the  day  fbilowing  our  arrival/ 
md  a  inoi1th*s  wages  were  paid  to  each  man  t# 
lir^My^elhemsdvdi  netd»arict .    In  the  passag^^ 
tb  ihii  place,   we  had  consigned  the  bodies  of 
ifb^en  of  our  comrades  to  a  watery  tomb,  and 
two  others  died  here,  and  were  interred  on  the 

M^M#>1|    '  A*      **#i''  -  -1." « ■- %■  J^  •■i 

^^^'  Nov.  24—  A  pilot  was  taken  on  board,  and 
1^*  again  set  sail  with  a#ne  bree2e,  and  arrived 
at  Boston  the  Sfrth  Nov^  18152.  -      t*    .     «  ^  «»n 
The  other  transport  which  sailed  hrom  Qtie* 

*    bee  in  company  with  us,  arrived  twn  days  prlt^* 
Vious  ;«^(hey  had  liist  ten  men,  who  died  on  the* 

'    passage  ;  and  la  our  passage   we  had  thrown 


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over  thirty  in  the  whole  nomber.  The  reader 
tan  form  his  own  opinion  from  this  one  circum* 
ststnce  of  the  severe  treatment  we  had  ezperi* 
enced  in  Our  captivity.  *  .^^?  ^ 

On  our  arrival  at  Boston,  we  had  the  good 
fortune  to  meet  with  our  late  Cokmel,  then  Gen* 
Boyd,  who  commanded  at  that  place.    As  soon , 
a&  this  benevolent  cfficer  was  informed  of  the 
arrival  and  distressing  situation  of  his  late    regi- 
mtnt,  he  had  ihe  best  Quarters  provided  lor  our , 
reception  at  Charlcstown,  and  provisions  sent  to 
us  in  abundance.     There  were  only  two  hundred 
o£  us  now  remaining  of  tfie  regifoe^t.     Wetarri-. 
ed  here  until  the  1st.  of  January,  181(^»  when' 
each  map  received  his  pay,  clothing  and  fur"« 
lough  fr^m  Gen.  Boyd,  to  return  tL  their  homea*^ 

Thus  ends  the  Journal  of  the  march  of  the; 
4th  regiment  ol  U.  S.  Inhntry.  Perhaps  no 
^^  ^W^Mjm  ^^o  campaigns  sirw^^tbe, 
revolutionary  war,  have  e)({)ericnced  greater 
hardships,  performed  more  toilsome  marches,  or 
fought  better  in  the  field  M  battle,  FDr  tWt, 
we  have  received  our  clothing,  pay  and  rations^, 
wd  the  thanks  of  our  governifent* 


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fMM  killed  and  woMndcd  of  |he  4|b  Re{fi- 
inrit  U.  3,  Ip&ptiyi  in  the  battle,  9f  Tip- 
pecanoe. 

Late  Capt.  JfTbimeyWRif^vnen* 
Under  the  comnand  of  Li  cat  Abraham  Hawkini* 

Killed— Ira  Trowbrid}^.  Woanded— Enfigii  Bnrchef- 
todt  Sergeant  ftiMUki  Nwion }  Sergcint  Aaroo  Vf. 
Forbuflit  Adani  Wal^  i  Ebeneser  T.  Andrewf  i 
l^m.  Brigham  I  Samuel  Biiggti  Eph.  Hall  i  Edward 
R.  Tuck  )  Israel  Newjball  s  bamvel  Thins.^Toul  18—- 

Capt  Paul  WentVionb^s  Company.      ♦* 
Cqamanded  in  |ha  actiQu  by  JUefit  p^gei  p.  Peterit 

|Ci!led--Wm.  H.  King,  privtte.  Wpnnded-^Lietttl 
George  P.  Peters  i  Corporal  8.  Johnibn  ;  Curtis  PH'rpps  \ 
caiwfet  Wait  I  Wm.  l^^m^m  Calel)  CriSchW^i  J^fb 
Realeir ;  Noah  Furnald  ^  Jos  Burdict,  dead  ;  Stanton 
Smiley  I  Kathaoiel  Haynes  f  Uaae  M.  Mute,  dta4— 
TOallS.  — 

Capt.  W.  C.  Baen*s  Company. 

WottHded-Capt  W.  C  Baei^,  deadi  t)ezter  Eart» 
4fti4  >  Sylvefier  Uean  ;  John  DOnnahoe ;  Xmo*  Foilerj 
)ohn  D.  Jonel  ;  Daniel  Rod^in  i  John  Mahilu«k)ii 
Fra'sNelfon  )  Ifaac  Rathbone  —Total  10. 


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Capt.  Snelling^s  Company, 

Killed— Jofeph  Tibbetti.    Wowided-.^Ithtd  Hathway« 
1^3.,    )[goodcpough.— Total  S, 

'        The  late  Capt*  fVcleh^s  Company. 

Killed-N^Corporal  James  Mitchell  ;  Corpora!  Daetd^  - 
Thompson  1  Leri  0^7  priTate— Wounded— Lieut  Geo* 
Coodm^  I  Sergeant  Montgomery  Orr,  dea^*  ;  Corporal 
John  Uice  1  Jona;  Crowell,  dead  1  Daniel  G«i|iwii  deadf 
Stephen  Pettis ;  VVm  Vamvoj  \  Lucius  Sallis ;  Jai. 
Steveiiftoni  dead ;  Samuel  Ttbbeiu,  daogcrout  ^i'ocal  \Q% 


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Edward 

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4a.Lieiitl 

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Capt.  BartonU  Comimnj 

WoQiided^Duiel  KMraetT  de«d  t  Lew{f  Tayltrb 
dcMi ;  LeflPKl  E  WnkUi  dtad  i  John  CUrk  i  Robert 
Doogbu;  Wn.  Foster  f  Soother  t  Wn.  Tonitr.— lo* 

Capt.  George  W.  PrttcoiVt  Company. 

W  oonded  —John  Saodbom .  dead. 

Capt.  R,  B.  ^/-^wn'tf  Company.        ^^ 

Wonndtd^John  Yeotoans,  dead  ;  31ift  Lovell,  daa"* 
gerout.     AogoAas  Bradford— I'oul  9.  "^^ 

Capt.  Cook's  Company. 

Wounded—Sergeant  Henry  Munn  i  Nathan  Saowi 
dead  ;  >Amot  Rice  dead  ;  Daniel  Lee,  dead ;  DennifoA 
Crumbft  dead  {  Robert  Thompfon  ;  Charles  C^|tr,  daii<« 
goroos ;  Wm.  M.  ^auoderi  (  Daniel  Rogen— Total  9. 

Lt.  yf/^rj^'/^/V  detaehed  I  at.  and  7th  regiment. 

Killed— liaac  Butler.  Wounded  -Sergeant  Wakott 
Babbit  {  Sergeant  Nathan  Fairbank ;  Samuel  Pottery 
badlf  }  Lewis  Margum  {   £ii0ia  Nappe — Total  6. 

Killed— I  Capt.  3  Corporals,  19  privates  Woonded^S 
$ubaltcms^6  Sergeants^2  Coporal*— (  Mufician-^4 
Frfvates.    Whole  numheri  killed    and  wounded  of  the 


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OEN.  HARRiSON*S  CAMPAIGN 


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At  the  retaking  of  Detroit,  and  the  defeat  of  tht 
armv  under  Gen.  Pror.tor,  extracted  flrom  the 
'  ••  Fiew  of  the  N.  fT.  Campaign,*'  by  Samuel 
R.  Brown,  h 

4 
jT HE  chagrin  and  diaappointment,  added  to  the 

aerioua  loas  of  the  fine  army,  under  Gen.  Hull* 
cast  a  teniporary  gloom  over  the  whole  union» 
but  this  sentiment  soon  subsided,  and  all  felt 
the  necessity  of  immediate  action.  Pennsylva-, 
nia  and  Virginia,  Kentucky  and  Ohio,  all  felt 
eager  to  wipe  away  the  deep  stain  on  our  nation- 
al character.  Volunteers  every  where  presented 
themselves,  and  but  a  short  period  elapsed  before 
an  army  was  ready,  as  if  by  magic,  to  retrieve 
the  fortune  of  arms.  A  leader  was  wanting— 
all  eyes  locked  with  a  common  impulse  upon  the 
hero  of  Tippbcanoi;  the  united  voice  of  the 
people  of  the  west  called  on  Hhe  Governor  of 
Kertucky  t/>  dispense  with  all  formalities,  and 
General  IViUiam  Henry  Harrison^  was  bre vetted 
a  major  general,  with  directions  to  take  com- 
mand of  the  north-western  army. 

On  the  3d  of  September,  the  Indians  made  a 
farious  assault  on  Fjrt  Harrison,    They  kept 


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flitilrfhF  •twcicdcd  in  iinilEk%  •  ivcith  »  tte. 
deftnoM  of  (he  |4dct.    TMetquA  ofth^  I^IMU 
ingvwere  several  times  on  fire  i  one  of  tbt,)>Iof^« 
houses  Wis  burnt    Captain  Taylur,  however, 
succeeded  in  defend^  the  post  a^  iaalljp  beat 
itMMi-off.    The  Si^ne  #aft  tnoiigh  t#  tff  ihe^souk 
of  a  hem^    ThMle  wvre  but  eifhtoen  elective 
iben  iw  the  tore,  andiwo  oftheasi  In  a  moineDti 
csFdeai>air,  leapt  ^  pkien  ta  eaiempe*    Tht 
fdgbt  was  dsrl-^lhe  y«Aiiaf  >df  aei^eral  htodrcdi  \ 
aava^,  iWd  fh»  dries  of  ilt  woadtfti  were.f|C^ 
id^flVtoemtt  tevrerin  thrslaiiif^st  hear-t* .        • 
On  the  4th  of  September,  Gtn.  Hamate  m^\ 
#iVed  ai  Urbanna and  assumed  the oommmdof. 
the  fifor^* western  ankiy^     Tl»  aapMs  af  th^  ^ 
Wkn&  cf  live  LaAtev  w«re  fixed  lipo*  n»  the: 
fciint  0f oM'tenlration,  die  stvend  cotps  tifwUcb. 
W«i^t<^lh<)velnthe  folloil4nf  d)^^  ^ 

thotsaifd  Pennsylvania  veluoleers  under  General 
Croohs,  iveteto  move  from  Pittsburgh  along  the 
shores  of  lale  "Eth  t  Gen,  Tnppet^i  brigada> 
ot  Ohio  volunteers  tvert  to  fake  HuB^fr  iouM^ 
f^om  Urbatia  to  fhe  RapMs :  Sketn  hfttmbtrd 
Virginiimsi  under  BfipidiPNr  Gem  Ltfiiwkl^  iKwe 


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to  take  the  tame  route,  whenever  they  should  "^ 
arrive.  Gen.  Payne's  l>rigade  af  Kentuekjr  vc4» 
tinteera,  with  the  17th  U.  States*  regucent.  Cot 
Wells,  were  to  a^ivancc  to  Fort  Wayne,  mi 
desceiK)  the  Miami ;  such  was  the  disposition  af 
the  forces  which  wer^  to  ooostitute  the 
nrmy. 

A  eoDsiderable  Indian  force  appeared  bcfocp 
fort  Wayne  on  the  5th.  They  invested  the 
plaee  closely  for  several  days  5  they  burnt  ihe  VJ« 
States*  fiictory  and  many  other  valuable  houaea* 
A  brother  of  Gov.  .Meiga,  and  two  aokliers  weri^ 
killed  near  Ihe  fort. 

Cen.  Harrison  marched  with  the  brigade  of 
Gen.  Ptoyne  and  4he  regulars  to  relieve  fort 
Wayne-*-the  enemy  fltd  at  his  approach. 

There  was  now  a  favorable  moment  for  mak- 
ing the  Indians  feel  the  eSepts  of  the  war.  An 
expedition^  was  accordingly  projected  against 
several  towns  within  twp  days  march  of  that 
plaee.  The  whole  force  was  divided  an.d  placed 
under  the  command  of  Gen.  Payne  fmd  Cplonel 
Wells.  The  former  was  directed  to  destroy  tlie 
Miami  towns  at  the  forks  of  the  Wabash ;  and 

the  latter  to  go  against  the  Putawatamie  villages 
tft  f^  Hart. 

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*  The  commander  in  chief  accompanied  Gcii. 
Payne  on  the  expedition  :  four  of  the  Miami 
villa((e9  werr  burnt,  three  of  which  were  remark- 

^  ably  flourishing.  All  their  corn  was  ah  up  and 
piled,  in  ordT  that  it  mi^ht  rot  bt  fore  the  ene- 
my could  return  to  prevent  it.  OjlontI  VV>lls 
was  equally  successful ;  he  destroyed  several 
villages  and  returned  to  camp  without  loss. 
*"*  At  this  time  General  Winchester  arrived  at 
Fort  Wayne  and  General  Harrison  resigned  the 
command  of  the  detachment  under  General  Payne 
and  Col.  Weils,  to  him,  in  obedience  to  the  ar. 
rangemeiits  of  the  war  dt^partment.  Considerable 
discontent  and  murmuring  was  observable  among 
the  troops  tvfjtn  they  were  informed  of  the  change, 

'i    but  on  ?x  mg  addressed  by  Gen    Harrison,  they 
appeared  bcUer  satisfied* 

On  the  4th  October  brigadier  general  Tuppcr 

vv  received  orders  to  proceed  to  the  rapids  with  the 
^whole  of  the  mounted  force,  in  condition  for  ser- 
,vice  ;  but  in  consequence  of  the  counter  orders 
of  General  Winchester,  the  movement  was  not 
executed.  General  Tupper  made  an  exposition 
of  the  causes  which  produced  the  failure  of  the 
expeditioD,    This  exposition  very  clearly^  proy. 


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pable  of  command.  ♦ 

•'  On  the  25th  November,  the  celebrated  parti - 
zan  chiif,  Logan,*  died  of  liis  wounds. — This 
loss  was  regretted  by  the  whole  army.  He  was 
a  brave  and    enterpri&inp:   warrior,    sinctrdv  at. 

ind  possessed  a  pow- 


tachtd  to  the  Americr 
crful  influence  over  tl 
On  the  8th   NovemL 


s. 

a  detachment  -of  600 


men,  commanded  by  Colonel  Campbell,  left 
Franklinton  on  an  expedition  against  the  iMiami 
Indians,  living  on  the  head   waters   of  the  VVa- 

*  He  in  company  with  Capt.  Johney  and  Bii^hthorn, 
bad  been  Cent  by  Gen.  WincheOer  to  make  difcoverioi  at 
the  rapids  I'hey  had  not  proceeded  but  a  few  miles  »hen 
they  were  taken  prifoners  by  five  Indians  under  U  inre- 
mac.  and  a  fon  of  Col  EUiott.  Logan  told  them  they 
had  coiAe  to  join  them  :  this  induced  them  to  permit  i  o* 
gan  and  his  afTociares  to  carry  iheir  arms  and  to  march 
before  them.  Logan  determined  to  refcue  himfelf  or  die 
in  the  attempt  ;  he  communicated  his  intentions  to  hit 
comrades  and  when  a  fuitable  opportunity  offered,  they 
turned  upon  their  enemy  and  each  one  brought  his  man  to 
the  ground  ;  ihe  remaining  three  fired  upon  Logan's  par* 
ty  and  wounded  Logan  and  Urighthorn  Logan  ahho' 
mortally  wounded  exchanged  a  fecond  (hot  with  the  ene* 
jny.  when^he  and  Brighthorn  jumped  upon  the  horfes  of 
two  of  tEiofe  they  bad  just  flain  and  left  Capt  Johney  to 
cover  the  retareat  which  he  did  in  a  gallant  manner,  after 
baving  fcalped  Winnemac*  Wiiinemac  was  the  chief  that 
commanded  at  Tippecanoe.  Young  Elliot  was  among 
the  flaio  his  body  was  afterwardi  taken  up  by  bis  latber, 
and  conveyed  to  Maiden^ 


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JMi*    Qntbe  Ifth  cf  |)eccmba>  the/  arrif«d 

at  ont  of  the  MUsajniiiway  yilUigeii  sMrpised  Ic 

iuUed  fiv«  warriore,  aqd  too](  tbirtf  aefcn  i^laon- 

#ra.    The^f  burnt  three  other  viU^geti  4»ce  miles 

further  down  the  river,  mi\  then  yetumed  to  the 

•ftrst  town  destroyed,  and  encamped.    AtKHit  an 

hour  befoee  die  dawn  ofda/i  they  were  attachod 

in  the  camp.    The  iire  commenced  on  the  r%ht 

fine,  commanded  bj  Major  BaH,  wboauatained 

itnnfl  returned  it  till  day  Ii^bt,  when  the  Indiana 

were  cjiarged  and  dispersed  wiihthe  loss  of  thir. 

ty  JciUed.    Qur  loss  was  eig^t  kiljed  and  twenty* 

'five  wounded— several  mortally.    A  |;reat  mim- 

%ber  of  horse/i  were  kiUed|  several  oSeers  were 

grounded :  lieutenant  Widts,  of  the  Pennsylvailia 

|roop9is^tt|iriCMtightbear|ii,  h^lnot aatia^» 

^'faea^n  ftlempitcd  to  meunl  his  borset  and  V^ 

^7^inakingthe«(bFt  uras  8lK>t  tbrough  the  hesid.«-« 

^*rhe  prisoners  were  trei^wit^  huiiaan$j^,  j^n 

<llie  wvirrtora  who  eeaaed  lo  vn^V  v^s^v*^ 
^ MI^4e)ii||^Qt  lih^4»mal  cu$to||i  la  o^peiil^KiW  a* 
^jpitrist  the  Jndiaiia.   The  auflbi^i^  tf  m  men 

Uromouid,  hunger  and  latTguc,  on  liieir  attHMt 
^.  BBCwpt  MJsMamwiy,  were  bie^cM  mesftMr^  t|J5y 

irerein  tho  centre  of  an  W^  ^smifflh  "^  IRk 


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hmrdwmnBl^  Vh&aidtand  ^mmwM^waw  toht 
etittik^ Whl^iotk  i  tNeir  iBmbn^n  iiowi tedMiM 

suffered  greatly  ffnm  Aieincfeiiitiicy  of  thtwea^ 
^t  i^'ii«nM^fire#clhM«lli^  Pl^ii«riod1^d 
(k>id»aftj<^d  i^osl^whote  c«r^i,f  oWby  tHf 
IlidUiiii  ^liifercd'theni;ttf  <tiettfi  ngiil  drUiuOlwM 
^\tti>ceoanttble.    PeHiapstbeiN(il»<tftMr«il« 

Elic^mtlliiaiiir,^l^  thei^iri^  "iHTtMlriMK^I^ 
ii£itti|  olir  In^fi  In  tlMfir  reif eat 

¥fe^  blli(iera'of  Aiajbr  1MN  ttfiafSrcfn,  who  Imp 
iiSM^  ^  bnitfir  <tf  dW  aetkVn'iriid  #iior  wMf 

at"  oitl^l    for   iOieir  Srk<^  ihd  g|odd  coilda^i; 
^  vreto  fpijorJEtptl,  Ci^taipa  Hof^klibs  ifidtSlfrrird 

pf  KentucKy  {  Ca^ttams  Klaritc  atuT  ^^Oktlaiiadt 

4^  Petopaylvania.  ^ 

,      0)1  tbe  1401  ^  bepeniber  Itte  left  w$#« 

ibci  army  ipoved  from  fort  Winchester  to  mt 
^  llmiidt*  At  this  time  ttie  Ohio  trQ«>p8  were  at 
^JEirt  M*Atthur-4-tlK;  P^nnsylvaniaqsat'Mirittftld 

and  the  Virginians  at  Delaware.— 6cneri^  Har. 


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Hton  flxcd  fib  fH!«d  qcnrtert  at  Upper  %likkiakf« 
The  prtmvisioM  «fMl !  militiary  Kiirvi^i ^  Mid  th« 
trains  lif  arCiUrry  havinf^  reached  iKe  dlflfert^t  de* 
pou.  chiB  hopte  «»f  the  nation;  thitvktorirwovM 
8Qpo;cri»wfi4hevcff^ifta!ofrlhe  Jiqi^  atr^^ 

my*  mirae  eheriahed  In  tioniklefiDi. 

.0^-the;l>ithof  ianiiai^f  CoL  liewia^^finGi^. 
cd.  tfiwacd%.th^  rii!^.  Ji#Mfin*  On  the  I8th  h^i, 
fomid  the  enemy  m  Jbree^  a^d  diapose^  ^  ^ 
pyile  th«  powaiiop  of  die  places,  He,|ittai^i|^ 

noif^  U^eir  a^  yellJ    But  tKe^^piai 

was,  drowned  in  the  returiung,  shpu^  (pi  tf»  m» 
Milante.  They  |i4|anBed  boldly  to  thjs  (i!|«fi]|^, 
Vt^fikovc  th«Bi',iftj|B  dii!?cti9r^„   pjj^j/i^ft^i^ 

fil^otwo  wo[U|idef| 

On  the  iSth  Gen.  Winchester  followed  with 
a  reinforcement,  and  eoncentrated  hia  troop^  ^| 

i?^^"^  ^'*^'  •'"'*'"^  '^S^  M^^*^ 

rreifentown— SIX  hundred  of  ififnicli  went  posted 
J  behind  «  picket    i:nce— two   hundred  li^hica 

opeti  &idei|tirdf  uncavered. 


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On  the  S2fld  they  were  actabked  br  •  eombiii? 
cd  Mricbh  furce  under  Xecumatih  and  Proctor* 
If^li^  attack  commenced  on  the  right-wing  at 
beating  of  reveille.  Our  trobps  were  immedi* 
atily  ready  for  the  reception  of  the  enemy.  The 
right  wing  suataified  the  shock  for  aboiit  twen^ 
ty  ^iiiiiititfs«  when  overpowered  by  numbera^ 
they  retreated  over  the  river  and  were  met  by  a 
large  body  of  Indians,  who  had  been  stationed  in 
their  rear.  This  party  finding  their  retreat  cut 
off,  resolved  to  sell  their  lives  an  dear  as  possibleg 
and  fought  desperately > — few  of  these  escaped* 
The  left  wing  with  Spartan  yolor,  maihialned 
their  ground  within  their  pickets;     ' 

The  eneriiy's  regulars  made  three  difltren^ 
chaiigea  upon  them  ;  they  advanced  io  pla^oont 
to  charge  the  pickets,  keepihg  up  a  brisk  firct 
Our  men  within  the  pickets,  with  (he  moit  de^ 
terniined  bravery  and  presence  of  mirid  reserved 
their  fire  until  thcf  enemy ,  advanced  within  :point 
blank  ahot,  They  then  opened  a  cress  fire  upon' 
them— their  pieces  well  levelled— and  in  this- 
manner  mowed  duwn  his  ranks  tl^l  he  retretted 
in  confasipn*  v 

t^Otn%,;  Winchester  and  Coj.  Lewis  >  had  been 
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iniog  our  JMM  Ik  IhkI  flMitiKleidi .  Ibem  priiiarf 

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vtM  iknoMfdiMljr  niMalied  «t  br  Mridei^s 
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MWlmfcwit  •f  the  twfttic,  wore  puMued,  kif.^ 
WKHied^  Md  UienOijr  «in  ^  *picc3S.  1loiii4^ 
teooetdid  ki^f^iif  thcee  /iililoi  (mi  4«b  ■•iaum 

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wonnded  pmoneri  from  the  fury  of  the  savages. 
Thtt  officer  pledged  himself  to  attend  to  it,  but 
he  format  to  keep  bis  vtord :  they  were  left  with, 
out  the  promised  protection,  And  on  the  morning 
of  the  23d.  horrible  to  reUite,  the  allies  of  a 
cbtistian  i(i/f^»  sUlpped,  scalped  tomahawked 
and  burnt  all  of.them  who  were  unable  to  walk* 

*    I  he  fate  of  Capt.  H»rt  was  peciiliarly  diflreffinflf.— 
He  had  received  a  fle(h   wound    and  particularly    difttn* 
gttidied  hWelf  by  hit  undaunted  bravery.     After  the  ca- 
pitnhiion,  Capt.  Klltot,  who  had    been  a  daft  fn«te   with 
hin  at  Princttown  college,  waited  on  Capt  Hart,  and  un* 
f'ltcited.  piomtfed  hint  hb  protection,  declaring  that  the 
next  m  Tning  he  would  have  him  taken   to  hit  own  houfe 
at  Maiden,  where  he  (honld  remain  nnt'^1  hit  recovery  — 
Bot  Elliot  broke  hit  promire  and  left  him  to  hit  fate  I    On 
thenextdayaband  ofCivaget  came  into  the  houfe  where 
he  was  confined,  and  tore  him  jficomhia  bed.    But  he  bar* 
gained  with  one  of  them  and  gave  him  a  confiderable  fnm 
of  money  to  hate  himfelf  taken  to  Maiden     They  let  off, 
and  after  travelling  as  far  as  the  i^iver  Anx  Sables,  they 
were  met  by  a  frem  band  of  Indiatis,  who  (hot  the  Cap- 
tain upon  hit  horfe.  and  tomahawked  and  fc^lped  hitn  f 
Numbert  were  put  to  death  afrer  they  had   been  feveral 
dayt  incuftody      <^t  Sandy  Creek  an   1  dian  approached 
a  volunteer  of  the  name  of  Blythe  and  propofi*d  to  ex- 
change hit  mocasins  for  Blythe  s  shoes— Wicb  this  he  readi^ 
4y  eomplicd  (  after  this  they  exchanged  hats  ;  the  Indiaa 
then  raiibd  his  lo  oahawk  and  ftruck  3lyr^  on  the  shouldfer 
which  cut  intd  the  canity  of  his  body  :   My  the  then  e40g^' 
hold  of  the  tomahAwk  and  attempted  to  refift.  but  on  one 
of  his  fellow  prifoners  telitiigkim  thuhis  fate  was  fixed,  he 
cloAd  his  eyes  and  received  the  favage  blow  that  termin- 
ated his  ex  nence     Hamilton  depeied  that  when  the  prif- 
oners  were  marchmg  from  Raitin  to  Detroit,  they  came  op 
«o  jvhere  one  of  the  prifoners  wat  burning,  the  l«fe  juft  ex- 
piring, and  an  Indian  kicking  the  ashes  off  hit  back. 


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The  dead  w^re  denied  the  rites  of  Mpiiltaie  ^ 
•the  Ihring  were  treated  with  the  greatest  indig. 
filtjr  The  fnltonefs  were  generally  stripped  </ 
their  ddthiitg,  rifled  6f  then*  eash,  and  the  sWords 
bf  the  bffieeptf  given  t^i^he  lavages.  Men  who&e 
education,  tklents  ahcl  character  ought  to  have 
entitled  them  to  tcspett,  had  their  feelinga 
grossly  outraged. 

The  advance  of  Gen.  Wincheater  to  the  river 
ilEUisin,  was  not  autliorised  by  the  orders  of  G^n« 


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Harrisbn ;  the  niotiv^  of  the  Gen.  weto  M 
duubt  goody  but  to  his  imprudence  is  attributed 
the  failure  of  the  campaign.  He  was  induced  to 
ri^ke  ihe  moVetnent  m  cbnsequende  df  the  eirhetft 
aoUeitudeof  the  inhabtiants  of  that  place»  who 
AVei^  threatened  with  a  general  tiiassacre  by  the 
IiiRDlsinis. 

>  As  soon  as  General  Harrison  tearnt  the  ex- 
posed situation  of  Gen.  Winchester's  corps,  he 
ordeitd  a  detachment  from  Gen.  Perkins*  brig^ 
mc  under  Col.   Cotgreaves,  to  march  with  all 

•  I  «rac  toUl  t>7  feveral  «f  the  inhabitaiitt  of  Ffcaeli* 
townv  while  at  Dftroit*  thai  tiMy  had  fireqiicaiUy  ften  the 
hn^  und^doffs  detoartnt;  the  bodies  of  the  Americans  .Mid 
that!  it  was  not  aocomiDon  ti>,  fee  them  rOnniii;  about  wirh 
4uiUs  legs  «ns,«nde)ihf«T.paru  of  the  homaa  ffftem  is 
tiieir  miHKll«»  .  .        1    -;;  ..      . 


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poisible  expedition  «p  hie  relief'— but  so  muciv 
tUfnt  W48  spent  in  preparation^  that  it  only  arriv- 
ed ia  hearing  distance  at  the  comrocnocment  of 
thebattle,  and  then  suddenly  ictraced  ito  step9* 
Why  a^)onimandiQg  officer,  situated  as  Gen« 
Winchester  was  within  a  few   hours  maroh  of' 
Milden,  and  liable  every  moment  to  be  aurprised* 
should  suffer  hia  men  to  be  encamped  in  xletacha; 
ed  and  exposed .  situations,  in  the  manner  they 
were,  is  a  question  not  yet   explained.    The 
night  before  the  battle  a  Frenqhniai|  arrived  from 
Makfen,  and  Informed  tha^  the  enemy  had  com« 
menced  their  mardv      This  inA>rmatipi>  which 
was  made  known  to  Gep*  ..Vi^ctie^cn,  was  dis4 
regarded.    His  quarters  were  three  or  four  hun- 
dred yards  from  Gamp.    He  did  not  arrives  at^ 
the  scene  of  action  till  the  right  wing  had  begun; 
to  give  way.  I 

I'  cannot  forbear  lo  notice^  in  this  [lace  a  cir. 
cumstance  that  reflects  the^eate&t  lustre  on  th^^ 
imlitary  character  of  the  HcnjtuQkians.  j|C|n  tl^cir 
march  from  fort  Dcfi4nc^  tpOie  rapids,  the 
lyorses  were  Wflm  out^^nd  nearly,  famished  fvr 
want  Qf/9rmev  /thf  men  themscivea  j^ne  des- 
titute of  vimj  articles  of  the   first   necessity. 


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Yet  these  circumsttnces  dtd  not  In  the  lent 
damp  their  ardor.  When  the  horaet  were  no 
linger  able  to  draw,  theie  galhint  sons  of  Mart 
harnessed  themselves  to  the  sleds,  and  in -this 
manner,  with  cheerfolness  and  alaertty,  conveyed 
their  bagg;age  sixty  miles  through' frost  and  Snow 
— thus,  manifesting  an  intrepidity  of  character 
which    'vals  that  of  Greece  or  Rome.  * 

Yet  these  were  men,  whose  homes,  for  the 
mobt  part, were  the  seats  of  elegance  and  wealth— ^'^ 
but  their  spirits  were  not  to  be  broken  by  adversi4\ 
iy^     Notwithstanding  they  were  compellrd   to 
irayet  on  fojt  and  with  scarcely  a  covering  for 
their  backs,  in  the  d^d  of  winter,  from  Maiden 
f>  fiuSltlo.  and  from  thence  to  Kentucky,  a  dis- 
tance of  eight  hundred  miles,  still  not  a  murmur 
esciipe:il  their  W^^  I     Their  honest  hearts  sprung 
f jrward  vviih  the  elastic  hope,  that  their  wrongs' 
w(»uld  be  avengttl  and  •the  day  of  retribution  ar- 

rivci 

4Vfter  the  'Icfeat  cf  Gem  Wiiusliester,  Gener«| 
Hurtison  retrcjrted  from  the  rapids  eighteen  mites^ 
and  took  a  position  at  Portage  river.  It  being 
found  impracticable  to  itniawf -alljhip  provisioM 
a  coniiiclerable  quantity  was  destroyed. 


||f.  On  ihe  SOth  Gen.  Hi|nrMoa'dif|Kilcliecl  CapL' 
tanif^nu  Doctor  MKc^htn  tnd  ft  Frenchman 
with  a  ii||«l  tmee  to  Maiden.  They  encamp* 
ed  the  ^#at  nigjbt  near  the  raptdi  and  hoisted  the 
white  flag  ;.  but  this  was  not  respected— die  In* 
diana  fired  upon  them  wtiile  jMleep.ktlled  Lamoiit, 
wowided  Dr.  MfReehan  and  took  the  Doctor 
and  the  Frenchman  prisoners.'  ; 

:>ia  Oofernor  Meigs  bafing  piomptly  ordered  out 
two  regiments  of  Ohb  militia  to  reinforce  Gen* 
end  Hilrrison'i;  tKe  m^my  again  advanced  >  to  tMe 
rapida»  iodveommeno^  bnildingr;  fori  McigS.^ 
€bti,  *GroplL^  iKigade  in  iIk  meait  time  Weiie^ 
rbiimly  -eibployed  in  fortifyirig  inii  Uppers  Sim. 
duskjr.  *      jiifi  •jswlib  'M^tr 

i-  €t^K  Haeriaoir  having  learnt,  that^  a fihod|^  of 
Indian^  tf^cfreottecled  at  I^re  q^  |<le,i!»9A»tiie 
naouftliioffitlKrMlamt*  marched  fnomil  hia^  caiiplit 
liihe  lapidaiifRMhb  9lbofFobivaf)r#yii7lthtfth^ 
■i<ii:im  detaehmint  4if'  hla  arnqr^  to  attack  tfiem; 
^  'BttjettenqrAed-^^^ur  troops  pursued  tkieflu  nl- 
most  tothefivefiflaisini  hot  fiRdtng'it  impqp'- 
stU^  io  overtake  themv  the  troopa  felumed  to 
ansptimQcb  exhausted  wt|b  ^tigue.    Sttcii  ^fms 


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their  dttkro  to  come  up  wich  tlie  foe,  chat  ttmf 
inarched  sixty  miles  tn  twemy  one  houni.       ' 
Oil  Uie  2ti\\  Februar}%  i  dcticlMiienc  of  one 
iitiiulred  aiKl  G(ly  men,  under  Capt.  L4ingham» 
kft  the  HapiiU  fur  the  purpose  of  dcatniying 
.the "Queen  Charlotte,  near  Maiden-**  tlie  tee  was 
iWund  too  l.ir  ciecayed  to  accomplii^h  the  ofajeot  of 
the  expedition. 

iii^.O(i.the'  15th    of  April  a  desperate  rencontre 
took  place  on  the  Mismi,  afew  mUea  below  fort 
Meigs,  between  ten  Frencbanan,  from  the  rivof 
Baisin,  and  ab<)tit  an  equal  number  of  Indiana, 
both  pardes  were  in  canoes,  and  .they  iliaintaiB* 
ed  the  light  till  the  greater  part  ob  bothf  aides 
were  either  kiUed  or  wounded, 
iu/fheami)!  was  now  engaged  inceiisaRtly  in 
^t>ea)<lherilg  thQ<  posts  of  fort  llMgs,jUpper:SaA- 
dsvby*  and  fort  Stephenson.    General  Harrison 
Ueft  >  the  lai^y  fbr  the  purpose  td  ioonsultiog  with 
GbV.  Meigs,  and  for  espediting  tho  inarch  of  the 
felttfotvemems.    No  event  of  moment  occurred 
dtiHng  the  remaitider  of  the  winter.    "  i 

a  in  March,  workmen  began  to  cut  timber  at 
<firie>  f  jr  the.  j^urpoae  of  building  two  .^  fttn 


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103 
4iri9i-*tlie  rtciuitKe  number  of  ship-ei^petilm 
irrived  at  ihat  place.  ■  ■  '  *  •  '^ 

•  The  term  of  aerviee  of  the  f^reat^r  part  f4  the 
militia  compnaing  the  nurth-«aeaterfi  army  harf 
lug  eipired.  new  Irviea  from  Ohio  and  Kentutf- 
ky  were  ordSrred  on  to  aupply  tlieir  plaoea.  But 
llicae  not  arriving  in  aeaaon,  the  Pennsylviinia 
brigade  gcnerotitly  vol«nteei«d  their  aervicea  fijr 
vnothcr  month,  to  defend  fort  Meigs,  which  wa^ 
menaeed  W!fh  an  attack.  Thia  condoct  waa  the 
-inor^e  honoratrfe,  aa  this  corps  had  undergone  ht* 
incredible  rhardahipadnring  the  winter,  in  drag. 
gingtheajriiH^ry  and  stores  from  Sandubky  to 


i/itiii'o  n.jd 


the.Rapida.* 

:•    .  "^     ■ 

'     •  A  prii^ate  !n  tht  Petergbttrgh  vdlanteert  dtawt  tkc  fo1« 
"liiwlng  picturt  of  a  foldier't  life  \   ll  deTctibe*  tht  tfiatch 
«f1iit  eonptojr  at   he  tiAeof  V\  incheAer  t  defeat.    -*  On 
the  fecond  day  of  our  march  a  courier  arrived  rr(^m  dei*!* 
Hairfpn,  ordcrlog  the  ariiUerv  to  advance  «rith  all  pol^ 
'Mefpcedf  this  Wai  ijpnd^ed   tt'tally  iinpoffiHie  by  the 
,fiiow  which  took  place,  it  beiiig  a  conpMir  (yanp  neat* 
ly  all  the  way.    Oq  the  evening  ojf  the  ^il^iae  (|ay,  news  ar- 
rived that  Gen  Uarrilbn  hsd  retreated  to  Portage  riveTf 
18  milet  m  the  rear  cf  the  encampment  at  the  Rapidf. 
'  h%  Bl&aay  men  at  conld  be  fpaivd  deter   ined  to  proceed 
^immediately  lo  reinforce  him.     It  is  anneceffary  to  Aate 
[that  we.  were  ainong  the  firft  who  wished  to  advance     At 
'%  o'clock  the  neitmormngt  our  teott  were  Brt^clc.  and  i|i 
half  an  hour  we  were  on  the.  road     I  wilt  candidly  con. 
"M,  that  on  that  day  I  r^etted  Veing  a  fdldter     On  ^it 
day  we  marched  TOirty  milei  tkDd<nr.  an   inceflfant  rain  i 
and  I  am  afraid  you  will  do«ib:  my  nnciiy  wlnni  1  t^lL^ 


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m-  Ort  the  30th  of  April,  Geit  Harrison  returiK 
cd  to  fdrt  Meigs  and  began  to  prepare  for  the  afi- 
pixmching  storm, .  Ptttrolirtg  parties  were  fre- 
quently sent  out  to  diseover  the  movements  of 
the  enenif ,  who  bad  been  dtSeoYered  on  the  mar- 
^n  of  the  lake. 

On  the  26th^  the- advance  of  the  enemy  made 
its«ppeanind5  oii  the  oppositie  shore,  and  after 
recriTinoiceriiig  a  few  minutes  Diithdrew.*^Oa 
the  27th  they  returned,:  but  were .  soon  made  tp 
retire  by  the  balls  fronci  th«i .  fort.;    Ever  aJiiiiM 

yoQ.that  in  tigbt  mflet.  oftbe  be(^  of  t&ftroBd,  ititooitdi^- 
ortr  the  kneet;aad  ohtn  to  the«iicidfe.     I'be  liUck^Swampt 
'^  fnilet-frotii«  Pbrtagfe  fHrier'  and  4  mWtiidiht  ettent) 
woaid  havepbeen  con(ulei«d  }mpaflabie  by  all  tipij^.inen  dc« 
termined  to  furmooDt  erert  difficulty  to  accomji^ish  the 
objfd  of  thttr  marcV^   In  this  fwaaip  yon  loje  dghir.  of 
'terra JSrma  altogetlifr—ttje  water   was  abofit  si^Efinchft  ^ 
I  deep  on  the  ice,  which  was  yerj^  rotteor  dftift^^lf/^mg  : 
'  j^ugb  to  the  4fP^  P^  fow  or  w  IJeet^ :    ^     '    '.^^ 
V'W  The'^atten^fwip  encamped  OS,  Very  werfn^oanf!  but  ^ 
Ifke  4ri^i  that  coiiM  be  <  Ibiind   th* .  'fin  ^.  conttnuIn|^«^. 
It  iflrMwIth'  difficulty  we  could' raife  iitfs;*  we  hadntr< 
'^ents,  t>ur  clothei  were  wet  n'*  axes  nodijng  to  cook  ini  anil 
Very  itttle  to  eat     A  briggde  of  pack  homs  bf ing  jiefr 
OS.  we  procured  from^f^m  (bine  flour,,  killed  a  hog<i  (^Oiere  :- 
'fielnjrpteiity  of/^rwalcmg  die  toad  ij  our  bread  ii;as  ba« . 
ked  in  the  aihes   and  the  pork  we  broiled  on  the  ooali-Ha  * 
Tweeter  meal  I  never  partook  off-     When  we  wcnttoiTee^ 
itwas  on  two  logs  laid  close  to  each  other,  to  k^p  bipr 
tiodies  friiin  the  ground'     Good  Ohd  /  what  a  pfiianr  oeinj^ 
if  man, in  adveihiy      '- be  loft  <fftfpirit  that  ever  inhabitfd 
'the  human  Krpaf)  would  have  btea  Usaed  SBlid  the  diffi^ 
culties  that  fiirrottkd«d  at*'' 


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the  General  had  arrived  in  camp,    the  greate&f 

diligence  wras  displayed  by  the  ufficers  and  soU 
dters.  Fortifications  f  )f  varii  lus  descri  ptioh  ,werc ' 
carried  on  with  unpatalklled  exertions.  Kvery^ 
moment  of  the  Gen.  was  occupied  in  directing 
the  works.  He  uddrcsstd  the  men  in  a  mo'st 
masterly  and  eloquent  manner,  on  the  situatioa^ 
in  which  the  fortune  of  war  had  placed  them, 
arndofthe  importance  of  every  man's  being  vigf* 
^antand  industrious  at  his  post.  This  address 
eonverted  eycry  mbn  into  a  hero  ;  it  inspired 
ihem  with  a  zeal,  courage  and  patriotism  never 
surpassed.  . 

'  On  the  23th  the  enemy  commenced  a  very 
brisk  fire  of  small  arms— in  the  evening  the  In- 
dians ivere  conveyed  over  tlie  river  in  boats  and 
surrounded  the  garrison  in  every  direction. 
^Several  of  Col.  BalPs  dragoons  volunteered  to 
reconnoitre  the  enemy's  campi  but  before  they 
had  got  fiir  from  the  fort  they  were  fired  on  by 
the  Indians  and  compelled  to  reCunv. 

On  the  29th  the  siege  begkn  ih^^^iftiest,  all 
communication  with  the  other  posts*  was  cut  oiF, 
The  firing  was  kept  up  the  -  whole  day.  Tho 
enemy  had  progressed  so  l^r  in  the  construction 


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•Ttbtir  battfriet  during  tbe  nlf^,  Hiat  tlicy 
affofdcd  them  suAoicnt  protection   to  work  bj- 
diy  light,    A  mtn  wa*  tbit  day  mortaHjrwoundT 
ol ;  as  he  waa  atanjding  near  the  General.' 
^  A|Nil  90*-the  hesieged  kepr  u|»  ftr,  ^"^^  ^ 
rected  fire  agalnat  the  eneoij^s   faatieriea   and 
Qonaiderabljr  impeded  their  progress.     Boats  fiHi 
ed  wt^  men  were  seen  to  pass  to  the  fort  Meigs' 
side  of  the  river  ;  this  indyced  the  Gen.  to  be** 
lieve  that  their  intention  was  <  to  draw  his  atten^* 
tlon  to  their  batteries,  a  nd  to  surprise  andliton^ 
tiiecamp  in  the  rear.    Orders  were  theref<lre 
given  for  one  third  of  the  men  to  be  constantly 
on  guard,  and  the  remaining  two  ^irds-  to  sleep  ^ 
with  their  muskets  in  their  arms,  and  to  be  con- 
stantly prepared^  at  a  moment's  wavning,  to  Ay  to 
their  posts.     These  orders  were  strie^  obey- 
ed, and  every  duty  performed  ^with  cheerfulness*. 
Notwithstanding  the  incessant  fire  of  the  enemy,; 
the  men  were. obliged t<^  go. to  the  river  for  wa^ 
ter  every  night^^the  well' not' being  finished^ 
Several  of  the  men  were  this  day  wounded,  and 
thr  General  being  conttnualKf  exposed,  had  sev. 
ci«l  narrow  escapes.     During  the  night  ^  en% 
amy  lowed  up  a  gun^boiat  ^ear  the  Ibrt  and  fired. 


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^flect.  TiM\7  retired  from  this  position  as  soiMl 
as  it  was  light  enough  for  our  gunners  to  see 
her. 

The  grand  traverse  was  now  completed,  as 
Iretl  as  several  smaU  ones  in  various  directions* 
The  fifc  from  the  garrison  was  be^un  with  effeet* 
Boring  the  day  (May  )st)  the ^nemy  fired  2$$ 
times  from  their  gnu  batteries  Their  24  pound 
shot  passed  through  the  pickets  withcmt  cutting 
them  doswn  Our  gunners  silenced  one  of  their 
(Meces  several  times.  They  did  not  fire  ao  rap* 
idly  a^  the  enemy,  but  ivith  a  better  aim'— 8  'of 
the  Americans  were  wounded  this  day —a  bullet 
struck  the  seat  on  which  the  General  was  setting, 
and  a  volunteer  was  at  the  same  time  wounded 
as  he  sUkkI  directly  opposite  to  hinu 

On  the  2d  of  May  b()th  parties  cf^mmenced 
firing  very  early  with  b'lmbs  andbaHs,  and  con- 
tinued it  very  briskly  all  day.  Our  troops  had 
«ne  killed  and  ten  wounded,  besides  several  oth- 
ers  slightly  touched  with  Indian  bullets.  The 
enemy  this  day  fired  457  cannon  shot* 

The  next  day  commenced  with-  a  very  brisk 
Imd  fierce  firing  of  bombs  and  cannon  baUs^  and 


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eonCinued  at  'intervals  all  dny.  .They  ppetied 
Iwo  batteries  Mpart  the  fort,  which  they  esUtf>- 
lished  on  this  side  of  the  river  within  two  hun« 
dred  and  fifty  yards  of  the  rear  right  angle  otthe 
camp,  one  of  which  was  a  bomb  battery.  An 
Indian  who  hid  ascended  a  tree,  shot  one  of  our 
men  through  the  head,  and  six  were  killed  by 
the  enemy's  bombs.  They  fired  five  huiidred 
and  sixteen  times  during  tlie  day,  and  furty-sev« 
en  times  during  the  night.  • 

^^  It  rained  very  hard  on  the  4th  which  retarde^^ 
tfie  fire  of  the  besiegers*     \  new  battery  was  dis« 
•covered  erecting  on  tWs  side  of  t?ie  river,  in  the 
same  direction  with  the  others,  and  traverses  were 
commenced  to  guard  against  them.    Several  were 
kitted  and  wounded,  lieut/  Gwynhe  kiltrd  4  Brit- 
ish officer  on  this  side  the  river  with  a  rifle.    233 
khots  were  fired  this  day. 
• '  *t>cticra1  Clay  was  now  at  fort  Winchestef, 
With  twdt^Hc  thousand  men,  on  his  way  to  reliev<i 
the-^isdft.^*- -^'^^^  ^^^-  ^'    '      '  '      '     -       ^ 
'   On  the'5t(vthe  enemy  kept  up  but  a  feeble  fire 
but  they  killed  three  men  with  botnbs/    Ano& 
Scerarritred  With  a- detadif^nft  iif  Gen.  Ctay's 
men,  wuh  the  welcome  news  that '  &e  Oencrai 


iit>  ^ river,  deocendingin 
Sdits.  An  officer  wis  sent  to  him  with  direc- 
dbis  fblr  him  to  Isnd  one  half  of  his  force  on  the 
<i)>pNMtte  side  of  the  river,  for  the  purpose  of 
fi>rcing  the  enemy  *s  batteries  and  spilling  their 
danhOn.  Col  Dudley,  who  was  charged  with 
t  execution  of  this  movement,  pef  formed  it  in 
fine  style,  but  his  men  elated  with  their  succe^^ 
TOntiritiecl^  to  pursue  the  retreating  enemy  t^ 
they  were  inaHy  dnfwn  into  an  ambush  and 
live^tielihed  by  superior  numbers ;  the  greater 
of  mis  detachment  were  killed  or  taken 
Some  few  effected  their  escape  to 
the  garrison.  About  forty  of  these  unfortunate! 
Itii^n  were  tomal^awked  by  the  Indians,  several 
liours  after  their  surrender.  The  killed  on  the 
ficM  of  battle  were  horribly  mutilated  Colonel 
liudiey  was  among  the  killed.  He  displa}  eel  in 
his  last  moments  the  most  heroic  firmness,  aivl 
actually  killed  one  Indian  after  he  was  mortallv 
wounded^ 


prisoners. 


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M^J^  ™*''^^  ?f  ^«^«^-  ^^'8  ^cc»  if  not 

*?f  ^^%^^  ym'^^^mm  \  *i^n  t^y 

Jan|cd  a  little  abpvc  the  fort,  tW  could  casUy 
Wive  made  the  fort  without  lus»s,   but  instead  of 


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doing  this  or  securing  their  tick  and  btgg^gt, 
they  marched  directly  iqto  the  wdods  in  pui:«uit; 
9f  I  few  Indi4n8  that  were  purposely-  leadings 
them  to  their  destnictign.  Gen  Qarriaon  per<^^ 
ctiving  their  folly,  caused  Colpnel  BaU$9,  sdly^ 
put  with  the  cavalry  gnd  protect  their,  retfi^ii^t^, 
the  for(«  He  succeeded  in  bringing  then^  lnt(^ 
the  fort ;  but  in  the  noean  whHe  a  party  of  In^, 

dians  had  tomabawl^ed  their  sick,  left  iii  the 

, .  ■■  >   -^     ■   ■  ■'.«■,     •■._■.■•'.> 

boats,  and  plundered  their  baggage. 

^  While  Gpl.  Dudley's  party  wati  engaged  wUli,  f\ 
the  enemy  on  the  left  bank  of  the,  rive|t  scveriil 
brilliant  and  successful  charges  were  made  on 
the  rights  In  these  charges  .Colonel  .Miller*. 
Alexander.  Capt.  Croghan,  Lopghoinr^^ 
ndford,  and  Nevcing,  were  consfxiciious* 
Our  troops  ponctucttd  with  the  most  determined 
l^ravery  ;  all  their  batteriesi»  on  this  side   wer^ 

carried,  and  many  pri^ners  taken*  , 

From  the  6th  to  the  ninth  there  was  no  firing. 
Flags  of  truce  passed  and  repaksed  bttween  the 
two  armies.  An  exchange  of  prisoners  took 
iMi^  The  Kehtucl^Vnifiiia;  taken  at  iptucffey^ 
defeat,  w.ere  to  be  sent  to  Harrison,  in  order 
to  return  home  by  that  route.     Ob  the  mornip|^ 


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9$  '     -^«  a.      ^-       -  •-.■-&*  ...,  i' -.    _ 

dhlfewi  tne  enemy  eoaimencecT  their  retfeat 

doi^n  the  river,  af^r  having  been  before  the 

j^libe'thirteea  dajs,  during  which  time  he  had 

fired  at  the  works,'  eighteen  hundred  shells  and 

dRmon  balls  besides  keeping  bp  an  almost  con- 

j^iiil  discW^  of^mall  arms.     The  American' 

Idas  dbring^  the  sii^ge  in  the  fort  and  in  the  diflbr- 

ent  scries  on  this  side,  was  deventy-two  killed 

intfone  htihdred  and  ninety-sik  funded,-    The^ 

loss  of  CoU  Dudley^  detachment    was  about' 

Hwd  hOhdredtiAtd  and  misUng.    That  of  (he 

dfemy  wa8a&)^  endat. 

^  One  nfasdn  why  bur  troops  did  not  sustain  a^ 

gftater  lossin  the  fort  was,  because  the  men  had" 

liiirilredtikiftdi^bomb  proof  retreat  all  along 

tlie^ditcli  tmmedliatefy  behind  the  pickets.     They 

lirottid  #atch  the  cfnemy's  fire  and  knew  when  to 

atl^ir  int^  theti^  hiding  places.    By  this   means 

imny  valuable  Uvea  wtre  saved.' 

Vast  quantities  of  rain  fell  during  the  siege— 

tbi^^sdil  within  the  pickets  is  clay,  and  the  con. 

staitt  treading  of  the  men  and  horses  caused  the' 

whole  area  of  the  fort  to  become  a  perfect  bed  of 

mortar,  half  leg  deep^thc  frequent   bursting  of 

^Hs  caused  it  to  fly  in  every  direction,  cover- 
ing officers  and  men  with  mud. 


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fensive  opcri|tioni»  it  became  necaasiry  td  wai(^ 
for  rtinforceiiients,  aii4for  the  goiii|^cI,ioq  ^^ 
vessels  of  wtr  building  at  Erie. 

The  hcid-quaters  of  the  Gen,  were  translenfad^ 
to^neca  town  on  the  .Sandofkjr,  Gtn.  Cla|^ 
was  chained  with  the  defence  of  fort  Meig*%t. 
Generals  M'Arthur  and  Casa  were  actively  eoK 
ployed  in  recruiting  two  regii|>^nta  of  12  ||9n|^^j^ 
regulars  in  the  state  ol  Ohio.  .| 

In  June  the  General  held  a  council  with  f| 
numbev  of  Indian  Cbiefk,  who  had  hitherto  prd*^ 
fesscd  neutral  sentiments,  to  whom  be  made 
three  propositions  i—^To  take  up  arms  ip  behalf 
cf  the  United  States — To  remove   within  omr 

settlements,  and  remsun  neutral— *  Or  to  go  to  t|^j9| 

enemy  and  seek  his  pfotection.    After^  a  sborl^ 

consultation  among  themselves*    th^y  acceplcil 

the  first,  and  prepared  to  accoinpany  hint  in  thf^ 

invasion  oi  Canada.  ,  .  ;" 

The  hostile  Indians  continued  to  make   vgt^ 

rpads^into  the  set^lepuit  and  committed  |requ|enl 

n^urcfera.^   A  party  froin  MaMen  coa^d  4p^ 

the  lake  as  &r  aa,  Cokl  Creek,  where  Uiey  j^^md^ 

scoped  and  made  prisooerjfi  one  maii|  three  wo^ 
yiehand  riine children* 


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^iflWSlfi&Ql  plaoe,  liowev«rnKit1it2l  a  all. 
i^iary  iiiliiiefiee  in  rei^ressing  the  aadacity  of  iht* 
W^tm.    Ai<rol  Ball,  witftf  93  of  hia  aquadron 
were  deaoendinf  the  SMVftuky,  die  foremdat  of 
MSi^rtjr'were  fired  tii>6n  firona  a  ihicket,  byu 
-band  of  eighteen  Indiaii8,-tHio  fiad  placed  them- 
idfveii^liianibiiah  for  die  porpoae  iU  kilRng  the 
Hiail  (barrier.'   Col.  Ball  maUtatly  charged  upon 
diiklMif  if&ft  them  fitmi  thehr  hidhig  (ftoce. 
The- ground  vraa  favorable  (br  candry,  and  the' 
Hdtima  finding  neither  m^rcy  nor  the  poaslbilitf 
dj^di&ape.  gave  il  wticxyp  and  fonght  deiperiteljr 
^  die  whole  were  cut  to  piecea.    Col.  Ball  was 
rf  one  time  ^ahinmitc^,  oppMd  hi  |)encHMif 
ifiiiitd>di  Ib^  an  Indian  t>f  gigantic  atature-^U  w^ 
lltf(^pyrte  It0  a  dbobtibr  i^  life  was  ar 

^k#,  bodi  lEfierted  10  the  tttmost^ii-an  officer 
r^^and^ieicuted  dieCotonel  bjr  shooting  th« 
M^ali  thriSugh  dMrtt^.  ^  AA«rAis  terriblbcz. 
ample,  not  an  Indian  ventured  ta  cross  the  Saki> 
diiiskjr  In4]«fat  off  plunder  and  blood. 

On  die  finit  6f  August  Gen.  Proctor  made  IM* 
appearance  before  Ibrt  Stephenson,^  twenQr^milea' 
^/bm  the  mouth  oTthe  river  Sandusky.    His 
irlK^  eonsistild  of  fiv^  hiibdied  'regolala  and 


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About  seven  biindnccl  Indiant  of  Ib^  piofl  fero^ 
ci>>us  kind.  'Vhcrt  were  but  one  bundfCfl  an4 
thirty  ei^l^t  emotive  ti^n  in  t|ie  garrisop  anil 
the  W9rki  C(>vered  one  acre  of  ground.  MajOT' 
George  Crof^n  commanded  it>e  plaee*  T^ 
pickets  were  about  ten  feet  bigh»  tarroiinded  b|{ 
a  ditcb  with  §  Uock-bouse  at  ei^h  angle  oi  thf 
fprt— one  of  wfiii^h  opotaioed  a  6  pcu|idcr-*th^ 
wii^  the  exact  state  of  the  post,  at  the  time  thtt 
enpmy  appeared.  Tife  first  movement  made  bjt 
the  enemy,  lyas  tp  make  such  a  disposition  of' 
his  forces*  as  to  prevent  the  escape  of  the 


risoa,^  if  they  should  be  diapoaed  to  attempt  il; 
]^e  tben,s^nt  Col  CUiot  wMli  a  4ig  to  de|lu^M| 
the  aurren^  of  the  fort    ife  uris  niei  by  ^m. 
sign  Shipp*    The  British  oHoqr  <ob8erv«df  thi| 
Qen.  Prpctar  hii4 .  t  number  cf  ei^onipn,  a  birg« 
body  of.  regular  troqpsj  and  so  many;  lndiA9%< 
v^hoin  it  wa^  impcpsible  t^  coii^o^lt  und^if  l|||^ 
f9|rt  was  takenj  as  if  9111^  be«  l|ie  w|^(^  ofi  Um^ 
garrison  woukl  be  massacred.    Sbipp  an$ii^di> 
tb^t  it  was  the  determinatipii  of  Mf^   Q^ioffm* 
his  officers  and  men,  to  defend  the  garriaon,  01^ 
be  buried  in  i^,  aid  that  th^  fm^t  4n  liwtk 


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iplHr-^f  Yon  m  i  fine  joung  mn ;  t  fRf 
yippf  tilQMaiiof 1 1  (or  QodV  u\ip  iurrtfideri  wxl 
IKevent  thedi;n(Kil  slaVKHter,  which  mutt  fbUov 
9»!Mm:^"  .  Mlipp  lurnri  from  him  with  inclig-' 
i^m^f  mi  w^B  imm^Micly  tiri^en  huki  of  by  tv 

Inditfi,  who  wtiempi^d  to  wrteM  h»^  f wor^l  |roi||i 
hfan  l^joc  Crogbiw  obfcrving  whj|t  pt«9^. 
•attedto  Skipptocone  into  the  fort,  whioli 
mm  Inttand)?  obeycdi  and  the  tr^g^dy  commence 
tfL  The  firing  began  from  the  gun-boats  \m 
the  rear,  ind  wat  kept  up  during  the  night.  A# 
•Q  eari|r  bour  ibe  iie^t  mornhig,  three  iixtsi 
whicbi  bad.  been^  planted  daring  the  night  withiitx 
tjwo  badd|«daodMy  yafda^of  the  pickett,  be>- 
gan  to  (^  upon  tbe  fofti  hi^t  with  little,  effect* 
About  4i  RMl  alltfia  eiiemy'a  guns  were  coa«^ 
Gtnbwted^gittait  ifiw  nbrth<»  western  angle  of  the^ 
felt  fist  the  porpoae  of  mdting  »  breach.  To 
eoantcigprriiHe  efik^dl  their  ire»  tna|.  C.  catts^d 
that  point  to  br«trengthened  by  meani  of  bags 
d-flotil-.  Sand  and  otlkf  iliat^a£i,  in  kich'^i  man* 
<iiei'  thrtt  the  picketing  sustain^  Utile  or  holnju; 

ry'    Bn(d»  eneipy  s»pp<=^^"K  ^^  ^^' ^ '^ 
ihffibi^  f^4W^^  iiiiprekets,  adW^il^  # 

ttc  nooAcr  oTlvf  huiKkf  d.  to  stortil  the  pUK^> 


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M  tb  tame  time  making  two  Mute  oii  Mkftm 
pointa.  The  column  which  adviineed  agalnit  (be; 
norih-weacaii  anglp,  were  ao  oomplelelf  ««nrel«^ 
oped  inamoke,  iaiiottofi^  diaooveftd^mit  Ir 
had  approached  within  eighteen  or  twemy  pace*' 
of  the  Knea,  but  the  men  beinf  all  at  iMr  poat#'' 
and  ready  to  receire  it,  commenoed  ao  heanry  ani! 
giilkint «  fire  aa  to  throw  the  column  into  cohRk 
aion,  but  being  quickly  rallfed«  Lieut  Coiooel 
Short,  the  leader  oTthc  cohinm  exehHmie(V\ 
^  come  on  my  brave  feUoars^  wO  willtgite  thili\ 
dam*d  yankee  rascab  no  quartcra;'*^  and  ti^medL* 
ately  leapt  hita  the  dttofr  foUbwedby  hiiiroopat 
as  soon  as  the  ditch  wa^tntitoly  filled  by  the  aak^ 

aailarita,  major  Croghari  oitleiii^  liie  aiv  'pounder 
which  had  beeh  maskod  kk  iho^^  bkiokijiooaai,  to^ 
be  fired.     U  had  bectv  loaded  witH>  «  di0l44» 
cbarfie  pC  moAet  balls  and  slugs*    ThiS'pieo^ 
completely  raked  the  ditch  froa»  ondto  end.  Tht^ 
first  fire  levelled  th^  one  half  In  death— -the  ae-^ . 
eond.  and  third'  either  killed,  or  wqu|j|^  r  **^^' 
one  except  ele^n,  who  were  covert'?  ^5|,»  vjig^i 
dead  bodiea.    At  the  same  tfme,  'the  ftiie,  o(  the 
amall'fe'ms  was  ao  uicfssant  and  d^structii|e«.tb$kjK^% 
itwas  'y:i  -^^tn  the  Bn^ish  officers  exerjted  them* 
'OdfCfv^^k&doa  th«  baUaoce  of  the  column;  it 


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inAiorder.vnclcr.  athowerc/  thoe,  und 
iouf(ht  M^ty  in  an  *«.ljoimn|i(  «»o(id.  The  l«i8t 
of  the  enemv  in  killr  \  wm>  ab  ut  (Mne  hmulfed 
Mftd  fifty,  betidet  ac  'nbidcratjle  namlier  *>(  theif 
4i.Liift  were  kiiied  '!lE'hr  A^merkaQs  h«<1  but 
€Qe  iuUed,  aiid  a^v^n  alightly  wourujcd  ftuirly 
^  theiiioi^ing.9fthe  3€l«  tjhfi  eneiny  retrC4ied 
«Aw  wn  the  river*  after  having  atpjuidoned  consider* 
abjc  baggage. 

Tl^e  garriaon  waa  compoaed  of|fegulara--all 
Keq^tuclLuma,  a  ^ner  company  of  men  ia  not  to  be 
(bupdjui  thft  Uiiit^  Statea»  perhapa  not  in  the 
world.  They  "are  aa  huqaane  aa  couragcoua: 
Tbia  ia  proved  by  their  uocea^ng  attention  to 
the,  wounded  enea^y*  after  their  diacomfitur.^  • 
during  the  night,  they  kindly  n^vcd  into  the  . 
fort,  (|irough  the  fiital  port- hole  of  the  blockr 
hoiiae,  aU  tboae  whp  were  able  to  qr^wl  to  it ;  to 
thoae  who,wtfet||oable  tp  move  they  threw  can* 
teena  GUed  witb^  w»tcr.  They  eveii  pfirtjed  y/ixh 
their  dothea  to  alleviate  the  au&ring^  of  ihe 
Wounded. 

Oen.  Hani#9n  Ifad  of^rnd  Majpr  C^oghan  to 
deuroj  the  tto(|^|n^  ab^m^  the  Cmrt.  in  cafe 


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&  (llsobey  tfie  order,  and  hat  lliercof  ^  imnibrtaip 

»»ed  himself.  * 

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While  Procior  and  Dixon  were  infesting Toit 

Stephenson,  Tecumseh,  with  a  band  of  20W 
warriors  and  some  Britisli^  troops.  approi|cfied  foHt 
Meigs.  They  hovered  round  the  place  Ifbr  sev^ 
eraf  days  and  then  withdrew,  withotit  doing  anf 
n^terial  injury^  to  the  garrison. 
ffl  When  the  news  of  the  attack  drifort 
son  reached  Gov.  Meigs,  he  rn^de^  spirited  caU 
to  the  patriotism  of  Ohio  ;  sucfi  was  its  effect 
that  IS.dOO  m^n  were  immediately  in  motion  to 
repel  the  invaders.  Fortanately  their  serviccip^ 
were  not  required. ,  .      ^'  '    § 

1  The  tide  of  victory  began  now  to  set  with  ai 
strong  current  in  favor  of  the  American  arms«---r 
'On  the  idth  of  Scptcntber,  commodore  Perry' 
captured  the  whole  British  force  on  Lake  £rie« 
This  victory"  rf move3  the  principal  barrier  tif 
the*conquest  of  Maiden  and  the  recovery  of  De» 

trOlt.  ;■  ^.*:'-'  :■'  .r  ''  ■  .  ;  ;'       •    .■*'«*". 

At  the  same  time  the  general  began  to  tbtKxn^ 
trate  his  forces  at  the  mouth  of  Portage '  river^ 
The  giratest  activity  was  visible  in  camp  ;  in 
firepariiig  for  the  descent  on  Canada— boats  were 


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^dllaei^^beef  jerked— the  tuperfltidijis  hnffg^^f^ 
secured  io  block  houses  and  a  substantial  lo^ 
fj^cc  ivfp  miles  long,  extending  from  Portage, 
r^Yer  to  Sandusky  bay,   was  built  to  secure  thC|^ 
horses  during  the  xiperations  uf  the  army.  ^ 

On  the  17th Gov  Shelby. with  lour  thousand!, 
volunteers,  arrive4  at  hcacj-quariers.     This  for#i 
midable  curps  were  all  mounted ;    but  it  was| 
deemed  best  for  them  to  act  as  iniantrv,  and 
le^ve  their  horses  on  the  peninsula.    On  the  *iOth 
Gen.  M'Arthur  8  brigade  from  fort  Meigs  join«^ 
edihe  army  after  avcry  fetiguing  march  oithrec^ 
days  down  the  lake  coast.  « 

vflCpl.  Johnson's  mounted  regiment  remained  at 


•  ♦■*       "w 


fort  Meig»,  but  had  orders  to  approach  Detroit 
^Xh^^  ^^^  X^M^^^c^  Pari  passu  with  the  com- 
matideif  in  chief,  who  was  to  move  in  buals  thro* 
the  islands  to  Maiden,  and  of  whose  progress 
the  colonel  was  to  be  daily  informed  b>  a  special 
express 

jThe  British  prisoners  takea   in  the  naval  ac.^i 
tion  of  the  lOUi,  were  sent  to  Chilicothe,  guard-, 
ea  by  a  cietachment  fr  )m  Col  Hill's   regiment  of 
Pennsylvania  detached   militia.      The    different, 
posts  on  the  American  side  of  the  lake  were  left 


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iilclMut^  rf  Ae  Ohio  MiUdiu  Foft'MeIgs; 
which  till  now  h^dcbVeirei)  eight  acm  of  laJid, 
was  rcduc^  in  its  diihcn&iotis  to  one  acre.  A. 
bout  five  btifidred  Kcntuckiatis  were  toremaia 
at  Portage  to  gdird  th^^ores  and  horses,  being 
upwards  of  five  thousand  in  number/ which  w^re 
left  on  the  Pdninsiifii*  ^Htltiaxhc  ^bstriic^  of  iht' 

..   Everything  being  now  ready,  the  embarka* 
tion  of  the  trooOs  comtiienced  at  the  dawn  of  dav) 
on  the  2ist.     for  l^  want  6^  a  Milfci^t  nm^ 
ber  of  bcmts,  not  indre  than  one 'third  oliheinutt* 
t>er  could  embark  at  once. 
I   There  is  a  riiiirij^  of 'islands  extending  fi^ 
head  of  the  Peninsula  to  ^ta^oeh^    These  ii^dls 
render  th^  navigation  safe,  and  a^>rd  the  vmy 
cbnv^iient dt^pot tor ¥ag|jiig<^  kn^  iriireWis^ ^cll* 
OS  haftihg  places.  "^ 

Fut-in-bay  Istahd,  sixteen  miles  froni'Portage« 
was  selected  by  the  General  as  the  first  poini  of 
rtndezvoiis-.4he^fi/^t  stage  in  his  passage^ across 
tl^lalke.  The  weaiher  was  favorable  As  sopn 
a&  thfc  first  divisioi)  of  boats  rcachea  the  islahd. 
v^en  were  inintediat^'Iv '  deuched  to  take  back  the 
<    boita  for'a  fircsh  load,    6uch  was  the  eagerness  ^ 


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€f  the  men  to  accelerate  the  emlMurkation  of  the 
whole  army,  that  they,  in  most  cases,  anticipated 
this  re({ulation  by  volunteering  their  services  to 
return  with  the  boats.  Every  one  courted  fatigue« 

The  fleet  under  Com.  Perry,  was  busily  engag- 
ed in  transporting  the  baggage  of  the  army.  In 
the  course'  of  the  "226  the  whole  army  gained  the 
island,  artd  encamped  on  the  margin  of  the  hay^, 
which  forms  nearly  a  semi* circle, 
^1  The  Lawrence,  and  the  six  prize  ship!  captur* 
ed  frDmthe  enemy,  were  at  ancKbr  in  the  centre 
6f  the  bay,  and  in  full  view.  With  what  ineffa. 
ble  delight  did  we  contemplate  this  interesting 
spectacle  !  The  curiosity  of  the  troops  was 
amply  indulged ;  every  one  was  permitted  to  go 
oil  board  the  prizes  to  view  the  effects  of  the 
battle.  The  men  were  highly  pleased  with  this 
indulgence  of  the  General  and  the  Commodore. 

The  scene  was  calculated  to  inflame  their  mil* 
ardor,  wliich  was  vi&ible  in  every  countcn* 


aiice. 


The  army  was  detained  at  Put-in-Bay  during 
the  23d  and  2ith  l)y  unfavorable  winds  d«l 
the  '24th,  a  soldier  of  the  regular  forces  was 
abut  for  desertion.     He  had  deserted  three  tim^s 

-  ,      ...  h    ..  ■     .    :■•  -.-r 


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^««4iad  bM»  twice  before  condemeedi  to  mlfbr 
4ealh;  and  aa  often  pardoocd;  he  met  hw  fate 
with  atokal  hidiffcrenoe,  bui  ii  made  a  vaiy  arn* 
aible  impreaaion  on  tlae  troopa;  Two  platoons 
fired  on  him  at  the  dbtaoce  of  &ve  pacca,  an4 
perforated  bia  body  like  a  sieve  #  ^ 

'  On  the  25th  the  acray  again  cmbarhad  par4fs 
Ifi  boais.and  jpwr^i^  oa  kumfd  the  fleets  to  take  Ji 
nearer  poaition  to  the  Canadian  ahore.  Theficvr 
tiila  arri/ed  a  little  beCofe  aunaet,  at  a  amail  isl- 
and called  ihe  Easi^cn  Sialer«  cightc^  ij^ile* 
from  Maiden  and  aeven  from  the  coast*  Tbis^ 
i!4and  does  not  contain  moce  iban  three  aere8» 
and  the  men  hacmereelf  room  taait  down.  ^ 
On  the  26th  the  wind  Uew  Ireah^  It  beeipie 
necessary  to  haul  up  tbe^boats,  to  prevent  theif 
Maying.  The  Geneial  and  Commodore  in  IhO 
Ariel,  made  a  reconnoisaance    of  the  euemy'4 


V 


*  Ic  is  worthy  of  reinark  that  but  tpto  fold<ers/Wcre  (ha( 
in  the  north  weftMH  army;  and  fo  unfiequent  v»9»  de^ 
fertion,  that  from  the  time  I  joined  it,  till  its  depanpii 
from  fort  George  not  a  foHtary  inftance  occuned  ;  at  ieaft 
none  came  to  my  Itnowledge,  althooffb  I  opade  ib(«|Uent 
enqu.  ries  as  to  tie  hit  I  am  not  witiiog  to  attribute  thjs 
extraordinary  fideh'ty  to  the  public  f<*rvicev  to  the  fuperiof 
Diirrtotifm  x>f  the  people  of  the  weft  or  a  nice  fenlf  of  tb|. 
force  of  moral  obligations  i  he  caufe  is  evidrjit— the 
officers  are  generally    more  atlditiv^  to  their  1MB)  thas 


thofe  of  the  oortbern  arnf 


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Miit  ind  ippi^Mchtd  wHhifi  t  ihort  disunee  of 
Mildeiik  Gafiu  lohntiejr  wts  dtspatclied  to  ap#  . 
piriie  Gol<  lahnson  of  our  progress.  General 
Cas»,  Cok  Birfl  and  Capt  McClelland  were  busyi . 
m  arranging  and  nmnbertnf  the  boata^  At  &un^ 
set  the  lake  hud  risefl  several  [bet;  Indeed,  sucb 
was  Wi^  tioli^fjt  of  the  wrf  that  many  enter, 
^ititd serious fearsthat  the  greatest  part  of  the' 
iiiland  would  be  inundated  before  morning. 
However,  the  wind  iubsided'at  twelve  and  re- 
Keved  our  apprehensions.  ^^ 

.^'On  the  27th  at  nine  in  (he  morning  tiie  arm^ 
inade  its  final  embarkation^.  ^Tbe  day  was  fine 
and  a  propitious  breeze  madfc  our  passage  a  most 
fileasing  pastime.  It  was  c^  sublime  and  de<^; 
ligbtfql  spectacle  to  behold  16  ships  of  war  and 
^Q  boats  filled  with  men,  borne  rapidly  and 
majestically  to  the  long  sought  shores  of  the  ene** 
my.  The  recollection  of  this  day  can  neyer  be 
efiiiced  from  my  memory.  There  was  some-* 
Ifhing  truly  grand  and  animating  in  the  looks  of 
file  men.  There  was  an  air  of  confidence  in 
^rery  eounteoance.  The  troops  panted  for  ait 
•pportiinity  to  rival  their  naval  brethren  in  fe^ 
df  eourage  and  skill ;  tlKiy  seemed  to  ^envy  the 


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fsodfbrtiiDC  of  our  brave  tars.  -Thrywcftig* 
Uprant  of  the  flight  uf  the  enemy,  an^  eonfidqgtl* 
ly  expected  a  fiicht :  indeed  the  belief  was  cur* 
rent  among  the  troops  that  the  enemy  were  )A 
great  force*  for  it  was  believed  that^  pi^oa'a  In- 
dians as  well  as  Tecomseh's  were  at  Ma)df  c^  • 

We  landed  in  perfect  pr(|e|  of  battle  at  4,V,  M* 
^^e  miles  below  Maldea|  .fheJIcniucIiy  vol- 
unteers formed  the  right  wing,    BalPs  legion  and 

the  friendly  India(»  the  peiHrcTr'^^^  ^^gl"^ 

the  left.     The  troops  w^re,  almost   instantly  in 

line  and  shortly  comm^ncedrtheir  march».en  each* 

ri:>fis,  Ibr^MalOe^^,  J^hc  j^pops^l^ 

to  marching  in  and  otft  of  boats  and  to  li»rmuig 

on  the  Urach*     £very  man  kne w  Jiis  j^cf ;    i^nd 

so  well  were  |hey  masfer^tOtthis  verf  nqee&sar^ 

piece  of  service,  that  a  company  would  march  int6 

a, boat,  debark  and  form  on  the  beach  in  less  than 

one  minute,  and  that  too  without  the  least  oonV 

As  we  approached  Maiden,  instead  ff  the  red 
coats  and  the  war  whoop  Of  the  Indians,  a.groi}^ 
of  well  dressed  ladies  advanced  tomeetusi  aM 


*  This  proficiency  it  applicable  onlf  to  the  regahrt  sn^ 
twelve  months  Tolttotocn.  Tht  niUua  oftctri  4i^  asi  •§ 
tend  to  it, 


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1«5 

to  ifnp(<ore  merty  and  protection.    They  were 

"Aet  by  the  Governor  Shelby,  who  soon  quiettd 

their  fears  by  assuring  them  that  we  came  not  to 

make  war  on  women  and  children,  but  to  pro. 

vtect  them, 

1,  The  army  entered)  Mfedden  by  several  parallel 
streets  and  we  marched  through  the  town  to  the 
Ihunder'of  ••  Yankee  Doodle.**^ 

The  ruins>of  the  fort  and  d)e  naval  buildings 
were  stilt  smoking.      aU  the  loyal  inhabitants 
,4bllowed  the  British  army  in  its  retreat.     The 
fortifications  of  Maiden  must  have  cost  the  Brit- 
ish government  a>  vast  sum^      The  fort  is  sur* 
^^undedrby  a  deep  ditch  and  two  rows  of  heavy 
,    "  pickets  :  the  wallis  are  high,  and  the  adjacent 
country  as  level  as  a  lake.      What  cannon  and 
'^^''imall  arms  they  were  unable  to  carry  away,  were 
11 J^' sunk  in  the  river^ 

ve?#iTlie  town  may -oontain  150  houses,  mostly 

framed*— -a  part  are  constructed  of  hewn  logs  ; 

its  appearance  is  Worthy  of  its -character,  as  dark. 

and  as  gloomy  as  Efubus.     The  inhabitants  are 

^^  composed  6f  renegadocs,  Scotch,  Irish  and  Can- 

^    mifian  French.    Very  few  men  were^to  be. found 

y^^^  '      3.*.         ■■'"    •  "'*"■"■  / 


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V  136 

f  nd  those  inviriably  Frenchf   Pertiapt  it  wmiid 

tN;  Unjust  to  attempt  the  portrait  of  the  chand* 

Mr  of  the  inhabitants,  where  so  few  reniaincd  Ht 

home.  '  I  will  then  onl?  mention  one  VACt.   'ilk 

well  known    horrid  traQc»  has  so  completely 

blunted  the  feelings  of  humanit]r»   that  the  eit* 

hibition  of  seofps  In  the  streets,  in  the  momt  teri^ 

rific  forms,  by  the  Indians,  produces  no  emotioii 

itl  horror  even  is^  the  female   bosomi  !    The 

spectacle  has  become  so  familiar  to  the  eye,  that 

it  has  lost  the  Interest  of  turkmity-**  and  is  be. 

held  with  as  much  indifference  as  we  View  the 

"l^lti^  of  a  iurman;        ^    '    -  ^  w-;^  ;t^^ 

^'Opposite  the  placeHes'tlie ta^ivfbf BofsUitle, 

*%hthe  lower  end  of  which  was  a  helivy  battety 

^^w:h  de^hded   the   cnthtlice  to  tfhe  harbek 

The  enemy  in  their  h^te  had  left  ian  18  poUhder 

^^  this  battery.  - 

^^  Perhaps  there  is  not  a  place  in  America  that 

possesses  so  great  convenience  for  ship  building, 

as  Maiden,     The  descent  of  the  shore  Is  in 

proper  angle  for  launching  :  besides  the  wateifils 

deep  and  the  timber  can  be  floated  to  the  spbt 

in  any  quantity  and  at  a  short   distance,  except 

piffe' which  is  found  on  the  Thtnies,  on  the  St: 


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dakrrhrcriiidoiiftedMiesolllieUct.  Tk^ 
had  eolkoted  a  oonaideribfe  quamitjr  of  ¥'  'bcCy 

irluch  Ihey   attcnpted  to  biini»  but    wiihoul 

Juccett.  ^ 

^,i  The  cmiMry  ii«etlltd>to  tlie  distance  oCtven. 
tj  mlk t  Molt  Maiden.    CoL  EHiott*8  honae 

.attutda  on  the  bank  of  the  fiTtr^  hal£  a  mile  beloar 

Ihe  village— he  haa  an  extensive  orchard   and*a 

fark»  hia  house  waa  deaerted.    We  found  ex* 

\  ifftUcnt   peachaSf  of  which.  jf%jnade  free  uacr 

without  inquirio^  the  price.  .'        .;  i^i        f 

r% ,  Three  mUea  above  the  fort  19  an  ^dian^  vil* 
kge  which  we  4bund  deserted,  and  so  suddenly 
that  many  essential  artidea  of  Indian :  furniture 
such  as  brasa  kettka*  were  !lclk  in  the  houses, 
bere  we  procured  a  plentifiil  supply^  of  green 

\i|iorn,  potatoes;  ht.    This  village  was  not  burnt. 
In  the  evening  itfker  our  arrival  at  Maiden,  Col. 

^iJlallj,, dispatched  an  ofliceit  and  twenty  men  to 
prevent  the  enemy's  destroying  the  bridge  acvoss 
the  Aux  Cannards.  The  enemy  were  found  on 
the  bridge,  haviivg  just  set  fire  to  it  Qur  pai|y 
firrd  on  them— they  dispersed  and_  the .  bridge 
was  saved*  " 

On  4he  31th  we  passed  the  Aux  I 


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%xA  cncttnpra  (urb  imlcii  btyond  the  riTiferi  in  b 
Deat  French  setttement,  A  small  piHty  of  Britiih 
liorse  she^dil  thtroselvta  at  the  bridge  and  then 
scampered  off.  •* 

The  neifa  day  #e  V^Sched  Hundirich  ift  Wo 
t»*iclock  ih  the  afternoon.  At  the  sante  time  the 
fieet  diMe  bp  the  i^iVir  tb  I>trotr.  '  The  Qen. 
tiiade  dispdsitidh^i  Ibr  |)aitiifi||:  the  river.  06t« 
thtior  Shelby  *»  cor(>s  ir^miiiAed  tet  Sakdwicb» 
firhile  BMl*s  tl^gioh  ahd  thb  biriglkdes  of  Oen^rr^^ 
M'Arthurand  Cass  |MisMbd  OVitr  to  Detroit'. 

The  Indhms  a^pdaied  in  |^tl|lest  on  the  bank 
M  the  tivifr  belb^  Detroit ;  li  few  ^ta  frolli> 
the  'gAnbdits  caused  'th^m  ^  diaperae. 

The  Indiatis  did  tvot  leave  DetrtNk  till  tire 
boats  contairiinl;  ^he  troops  \Vere  halfway  icrtnns* 
^e  ri Vekt.  hAX  befoi^  ^i  land^  on  the  Ameri* 
ban  &l(te,  tlie  Inhabitants  liotsted  the  Unitedi 
Stales' Hiig  aihid  the  'acckmationi^t>f  thousands* 
We  were  r^eived  by  thie  inhabtUnts  with  de. 
■inonsitratiortt  of  ^fcijgnfed  j^y.  They  had  suf- 
tercd  all  thitcivaiictl  and  savage  tyranny  could 
inflict,  save  death.  The  Indians  had  lived  ^t 
free  quarters  for  sevaral  monthsk  It'was^natulal 
Ididlieiti  to  hail  iks  is  deliverers. 


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«  The  enenix  had  set  ftrc  to  the  Ibrt.  tmf  the 
walls  and  picketing  remained  entire.  The  pub* 
lie  store,  a  lung  brick  building  near  the  wharf 
jraa  injarcd  onlf  in  the  roof,  which  our  men  soon 
xepairedt  In  the  course  of-  the  night  there  wat 
an  alarm  in.eam|s  the  fires  were  extinguished^ 

ri  the  inen  ordered  to  lie  on  their  arms.  ^ 

1^  On  the  30zh.CoL  Johnson's  regiment  arrived 
from  fbrtMeigs*  they  immediately  commenced 
the  pfissnge  of  the  river  in  boats.'— Gen.  M'Ar- 
Ihur  with  the  ma8»of  the- regular  troops,  was  chaf* 
ged  with  the  defence  ol  Detroit^  It  was  the  gen- 
eral opinion  of  the  inhabitants  that  there  were 
1000  Indian  warriors^  under  Marpot  and  Split 
l^Ogi  lurking,  in  the  woods  between  the  river 
Ro)]ge  ai^d  Huron  of  Lake  St.  Clair.  The  friend* 
\y  Indians  had  jiaken  several  prisoc|er8  in  the  inw 
incdiate  vicinity  9fDetroit  rn^v*. 

.  On  the  Ski  of  October  every  arrangement  m» 
gpmpleted  for  pursuing  the  retreating  iSritlsbjir* 
{ny  up  the  Thames.  .  The  force  selected  lor  this 
service  were  the  mounted  regiment  of  Col.  John, 
son^  three  companies  of  Col.  Bairs  legion  and 
the  principal  part  of  Governor  bhclbey 'a  yoitia^ 


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TrM  ^MIwfMi  to  tht  Mbrgvhui  Tovhl  ii» 
dghty  fotor  mflcl.     V  e  IfHinci  cfie  raacb  Ibr  te 
^>M  part  ffood.    The  cuuntry  19  perfifcd/  kvck  u 
Ti.^  «(fviifieb  dfthe  tr6opi  nr'as  rgprid— 10  mocl^ 
16,  thilt#^  fetched  the  river  R'ncum,  ohe  him** 

itttd  and  t#emy.llye  mil^t  firdm  :Mnd«vioh,  In  Uii 

.  ■•J 

evenings.    The  enemy  had  neglected  to  dHttof 
ittt  brldg^.     Early  ih  the  morhing  of  the  3d,  (he^^ 
general  proceeded  with  Johnson*^  regiment,  Uki 
prevent  the  dcitruction  of  the  brid|;et  over  the  ^ 
dlflTerent  sfrtfaihs  that  fall  into  Lake  St.  Clair  and  i  ^ 
the  Thames.    These  streams  are  deep  and  mud-^. 
dy*'and  dre  unfordable  for  a  considerable  distance  t 
into  the  country,    A  lieutenant  of  dragoons  and  I 
llhirteeh  privatetr  who  had  been  sietit  bick  bf 
Ckn.  Proctor  to  destroy  the  brf  dges{  W^  ttiade  ^ 
pfhdners  near<th^  Thames ;  front  them  the  gen«^ 
cral  learnt  that  the  cneniiT  hid  no  ceHiuh  infetrmaA- 
lion  o^  our  adtvafice;.  '     r 

The  baggage  oft^e  arthy  #iKs  l^uglit  fhM  ^ 
Ibeb-oit  in  boats,  protected  by  ii  piirt  of  eoWmo^ 
dbre  PerryS  squadroik    In  the  evehhig  (he  arttif 
arrivec^  at  Drake's  farih,  feight  tftiWs  froAi  the  ^ 
mouth  of  the  Thames  and  eiidiifiped^     Thii 
river  is  a  fine  deep  stream,  navigable  for  vei^ll 


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ISl 

^  •QfttidrrMe  Wnhrn,  after  die  btr  at  }li 
moQth,  ov«r  ttihicll  ihere  U  generallv  seven  feci 
water.  The  gunbuatt  could  asoeitcl  aa  far  at 
Dalton*!  below  whiob  the  country  is  oiic  com  m* 
<ved  pratie*  and  at  oooe  Aft#orable  for  cubjirf 
Buivementa  and  ijT  the  co-operation  of  thi  ^un» 
boats,  Above  Dal8on*i»  the  asptct  of  the  coun* 
try  changes ;  the  river,  though  alill  df«p.  ianot 
Biore  than  seventy  yarda  wide,  and  the  banks 
high  and  woody* 

At  Chatham,  four  mHeHi  Irnm  Dalson*B  and 
siXitif  n.  Irum.  laJt«  Sit.  Chitr,  is  a  small  deep  creek, 
wi^ere  we  found  the  l>ridge  taken  up,  and  the  en* 
tm$  diapoacd  to  dispute  our  passage*  and  upon 
Ihe  arrival  of;  the  advanced  guard,  comnenceda 
bcnvy  fire  from^ibe  oppf'siic  bAi4  as.  well  as  a 
flanlk^  M  firoili  ^  right  Y^^  of  tlw  rwer.  Tbf 
ajcipy  lilted  sihI  (oriued  m  older,  of  batt|(B,  Tb^ 
i>rid|;e  was  repaired  under  the  coirer  of  a  ^t 
firom'two  si^  ppunders  l*he  Indians  did  oot 
felisb  the  lire  of  our  caiwoQ*  and  retired.  CoU 
lohnspn  being  on  tbe  right*  had  seiicd  the  re« 
mains  of  a  bridge  at  M  Greg'ir'a  mit)s»  under  a 
heavy  fire  from  the  Indians.  Hfr  lost  on  this  oc^ 
casion,  two  kifled  and  f  ur  hundred  wou  did.— 
Tb<|  j?Pfroy  »f,t  M  19  4^  \vm^  WMt  ^^  bridge 


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#ooUin!ng  a  eontiderable  quanthf  of  inuskett;*^^ - 
the  flames  were  extinguished  and  the  arms  saved*' 
At  the  first  farm  above  the  bridge  we  found  on% 
Df  the  enemy's  vessels  on  fire,  loaded  with  arms 
arid  ordnance  stores*  Four  miles  higher  up  thir 
army  took  a  position  for  the  night— here  we 
found  two  other  vessels  and  a  large  distillery  filW 
ed  with  stores  to  an  immense  amount^  in.  flames; 
^wo 24 pounders,  w^h -their  carriages  were  tal^jif 
cn,.and  a'large  quantity  of  ball  and  shells  of  vari*f;  -^ 

The  army  was  put  in  motion  «arly  :on  th^  ^ 
morning  of  the  5th,  The  General,  accompanied 
by  Cd.  JohnsoD—Gov.  bhelby  followed  vyith 
the  in&ntry.  This,  mof mi^  we  captured  twd 
||un-boats  and  several  batteatik  loaded  with  pro- 
'  visions  and  ammuiTition.  At  nine  we  had  reach| 
ed  Arnold's  mills  where  there  is  a  fording  places 
and  the  only  one  for  a  considerable  distanqe.— ^ 
Here  the  army  crossed  to  the  right  bank— the 
mounted  regiment  fording  and  the  infiintry  ilQ^ 
the  captured  boats.  The  piisssge,  though  re^ 
tardcd  for  want  of  a  sufficient  ouiuber  of  boatSf 
was  completed  by  twelve*  •   '" 

hight  miles  above  the  ford,  wo  passed  tho 
Houad  where  the  Buti^h  had  cucamped  the  tiight 


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135 

before.  The  General  directed  the  edvanee  6f 
Col.  Johnson's  regiment  to  accelerate  their  inarch 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  dbtance  of 
the  enemy.  The  officer  commanding  it.  shortly 
after,i8ent  word  back  that  his  progress  was  stop« 
ped  by  the  enemy,  who  were  formed  acroai 
our  Itne^f  march. 

'  vThe  armv  was  now  within  three  miles  'of  the 
M^t  avian  town,  and  within  one  mile  of  the  en* 
emy,  Theroad  passes  through  a  beach  forest 
without  any  clearing,  and  for  the  first  two  miles 
Hear  to  the  bank  of  the  river.  At  the  distance 
of  fifty  rods  from  the  rivfr  is  a  swamp  running 
parallel  to  it,  and  extending  all  the  way  to  the 
Iri^ian  village.  The  intermediate  ground  is  dry 
•—the  surface  level ;  the  trees  are  lofty  and  thick 
with  very  little  underwood  to  impede  the  pro* 
fress.ofman  or  horse,  if  we  except  that  part 
which  borders  on  the  swamp. 

Across  this  narrow  strip  of  land,  the  British 
ibrcc  was  drawn  up  iir  a  line  of  battle,  to  pre* 
ve^t  our  advance.  Their  left  resting  on  the 
fiver,  was  defended  by  four  pieces  of  cannon-* 
near  the  centre  were  two  other  pieces.  Near 
thc.sWamp  the  British  line   was  Covered  by  a 


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larft  indiati  ibrde,  who  alto  lined  the.  margin  of 
the  ^watnp  to  a  considerable  disUoee,  The 
British  troops  amounted  to  6Q0>-^the  Indian! 
probably  to  twelve  hundred. 
«^«  As  it  was  not  practicable  to  turn  Ibe  enemy  ia 
flank,  it  became  necessary,  to  attack  them  in  fronts 
General  Harrison  did  not  long  hesitate  i*  his 
choice  of  the  mode  of  attack.  H  was  aaiiovel 
OS  it  was  successful,  I|1 

;    The  troops  at  his  disposal  ittight  Mou()trto 

'^ three  thousand  men  ;  yet  iroin  the  pscuiiafe  n%r 
tare  of  the  ground,  nci/ the  ihalf  (^  this  Ibroe-couki 

ifidvaRtageously  engage Jhie  «nemy. 

Abont  five  hundred  ^rc^iflars.  iunder  Cokmel 

^Faul,  occupied  the  .narrow  apace  •between  khk 
t«oad  and  river  J '  'they  were- ordered  toadviiknce  ' 
and  amuse  tho  «nc^my  ;  and,  if  an  opportunity  ^ 

^^-tiffered,  to '^ebe  the  cannon  of  the  enemy  i     A  , 

#^«mall  i^rtyof  frienc*<j  Indians  were  dinected  to* 
tiiove  under  the  bank.  Col.  Johnson's,  reginkeht 
4iras  drawn,  up  la  dose  eduilin,  with  its  right  : 
at  a  few  yar^tstiistant  from  the  road  with  oHln^ 
4o  charge  at  luU  speed  as  soon  as  the  enemy  dei» 
Itvered  his  fire-  The  Kentucky  Volunteers,  on^ 
tder  Msjor  Gen  Hewny.  Were  formed  m  the  reif 
%C  the  mounted  regiment,  in  three  lines,  extend- 


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\  • 

okmdi 
n  tht 

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he  reif 
extend- 


ing from  M  rowl  to  the  tvamp.  Gen.  BnImi^ 
dt vision  oo?ered  the  left  of  Johnson*#  regiment. 
Goir,  Shelby  was  it  the  eroftbet  formed  1^  the 
front  line  and  Gen.  IVsha'tf  division.  This  was 
adi  importaM  ji^ohfit,  Geo«  <  Cas»  and  Commo- 
dore  Pei^jr,  voiitnCeered  as.  aids  to  Gen.  Harri- 
s6il,  who  plaited  himself  at  the  head  of  the  front 
line  of  inSiiitry^i  to  direct  the  movements  of  tiic 
divalry,  an^  to  give  them  the  nt  ccssary  support' 
Such  wa^  the  ordei^  of  brittle. 
^-  The  army  moved  in  ibis  order  tili't^ie  monnted 
mfehVeceivtd  the  fir^ofthe  enemy",  at  the  dis- 
tance of  two  hOhdred  yards.  The  charge  was 
i^at,  in'an  instant  One  thousand  horse  were  iir 
TOoHon'rrffnll  speed'— the  right  led  on  by  lieut. 
CoL  James  Johnson  'feroke  through  the  British 
lineslEmd  fbiimed  ih thehr  rear,  the^enemy*a pieces 
w^re- tin1oaded*^their  b^vonets  were  rtot  fixed*- 

• 

they  isarrende^e<l  at  disOretiont— the  whole  was 
the  Wofll^'of  a  minuter  In  breaking  through 
thei#  ranks  Ouf^ffheh*  killed  twdve  and  wounded 
37  of  the  British  regukra.  The  shock  wasiin. 
expected.'  They  were  not  prepaited  to  resist  it, 
some  were  trampled  under  the  ftfot  of  our  horses ; 
others  were  cut  down  by  the   Mditrs ;  vei^ 


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few  were  shot  by  omr  men,  for  our  firt  was  not 
general.    Hail  the  enemy  ihoitrn  the  ieaat  aymp* 
toms  of  resistance,  after  we  broke  through  theif/ 
lines,  the  greater  part  wbukl  have  been  destroy* 
ctl»  but  they  were  as  {>assivc'  as  sheep^    Kelrer 
was  terror  more  strongly  depictied  oit  the  i}ouii« . 
tenances  of  men.    Even  the  dfficera  were  seeh 
with  uplifted    hands,  exclaiming   *^  quarlcr  (*« 
There  is  do  doubt,  that  they  ekpecttd  to  b^, 
massacred,    believing    that    |he     Kentuokiaoa 
would  retaliate  the  bloody  scenes  c^  Raisin  and 
Miami;  but  nothing  ivas ^rther  frQm  their  in- 
tentions,  except  it  should  be  on  the  persons  (4^ 
Proctor  and  Elliott*- these,  neither  the  authority'* 
of  Harrison  nor  6f  Shelby  could   have  saved^  if 
they  had  been  fom.d  in  batde. 
^'OiiVthe  left  the  contest   was  more   serious./ 
Col.  Johnson,  who  commanded  on  t^iat  fiank;  .^/ 
his  regiment  received  a  terrible  fire  from4hf  ln*r 
dians,  was  kept  up  for  some  time.— "Ilie'Co)', 
lUost  gallantly  led  the  bead;  of  his  column  in^\ 
ihe  hottest  of  the  enemy 'a  fire,  and  was  perponahft 
ly  opposed  |Q  Tccu^ns^h,— At  this  poiv$  aWn*? 
densed  *nass  of  savages  had  collected.    Yet  re- ^ 
gardless  of  danger»  be  rushed  iotPi,ilMe  niidaf  of 


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137  . 
tjiera,  10  thick  were  the  Indians  at  this  momen^ 
that  several  might  have  reached  him  witli  thtit 
rifles.  He  rode  a  white  horse  ai^d  was  known  to 
l^  an  officer  of  rank  ;  a  shower  of  balls  was  dis* 
charged  at  him-Hsome  toojc  effect— hitf*  hors( 
was  shot  under  him^^his  clothes,  hi^  saddle,  hia 
person  were  pierced  with  bullets.*  At  the  mo- 
ment his  horse  fell,  Tecumaeh  rushcid  towards 
bim  with  an  uplifted  tomahavirk,  to  give  the  fatal 
stroke,  but  his  presence  of  mind  did  not  forsake^ 
him  in  this  perilous  predicament — he  drew  a 
pistol  from  hishobter  ahd  laid  his  daring  oppon- 
ent dead  at  his  feet.  He  was  unable  to  do  more, 
the  loss  of  blood  deprived  hiui  of  strength  t$ 
stand.  Fortunately  at  the  moment  of  Teconv 
Wh'sfall  the  enemy  g^ve  way,  which,  li^cured. 
him  from  the  reach  of  theic  tomahaivks  ;  he  waa^ 
wounded' in  five  places ;  he  received  three  shots 

ift^H ^^t  *h^^  3^  ^^^  '^  ^  J^  *f  >A«     Six . 
Americans  and  twen^-two  Indians  fell  within 

tweii^i  yards  of  the  spot!  wlicfe.  Tecumseh  was 

kmcfk  aad'tbe  traifs  of  blood  idmoat  covered  the 

ground.    ¥ 

The  Indiitos:  contitioedi^  bri^kSre  Xrom  tW. 

siiargjia  of  the  swKQip  mi  mnit  some  imprcsHOo 


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'4    t; 


ld8 

on  a  line  of  lUntucky  tolantcera,  but  Go?.  Sbey 
by  brought  tip  «' regiment  to  its  tappolt— the 
fire  soon  becMOie  too  wwrm  lor  the  cnemjr;  A 
part  of  Johnson's  men  having  gained  the  rcir  of 
a' part  of  Aie  Indian  lin^  the  route  becatne  gener* 
a1.  A  smalt  part  bf  the  Indians  attentpted  to 
gain  the  viltagebflhiiinlng  lip  lie  narrow  strip" 
of  dry  land/  they  were  soon- d^ertaken  andciir 
down*  The  Indians  fought  bravelf  and  sustain*' 
ed  a  severe  loss  in  InUed  and  wo^ided.  The* 
death  of  Tecomaeh  i^s  i&iirreparii)>le  loss.       ^^ 

The  American  army  had  fifteen  killed  and* 
thirty  wounded.    An^oli{f  Ibeyhnn  #ila  WloM^ 
Whkl^,  #the  Keiftucky  v^uiJKll^^ 
seVei^ty  Veirs  of  age,  and  a  ^idlef  of  the'revbltf* 
tlon.    He  Wal  in « ^9f  cireumstahces  at  ooinei^ 
and  possessed  aif^xteliiiit^i^^  ^I'x 

Amoi|g  m^^mes  of  the  day  ^yif^  m  brass/ 
field  piecf  s»  ,V«i^(^h  Imyi  been  sisrrenderedil»y.- 
Hull-^I  rein  on  two  of  them  this  pleasing  root- 
to :  **  Su^remKred  bj  Borgoyiie  at  SaratogfuHf 
p  The  dnr  after  the  battle  a  part  of  the:airmjr 
look  possessiOii  or  the  Moravian  town^  wheie  x^\ 
fiMiiy^mpil  km^'of  ^^^  m  abiindande^ 

thefK  wete  acceptable  to  mrn.whohad  for  set  ^  ^ 


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rass 
not*  >. 


daj's  tvbftiated  on  fircfh  beef^  without  bread  or 

aalt    We  found  pkf.tf  ofgreen  com  i  the  Mdi' 

were  estenaive  and  oisr  hones  had  an  enLcelient^ 
range. 
Tlie  town  was  deacried  s  so  panic  atruak  were 

aop^jpf  the  women  in  th^r  flight,  that  they  arp, 
said  to. have   thfnown  dieir    children   into  the 
Thameit  to  prcyeot  their  being  butchered  by, 
the  Americana  F  ^  .^ 

^This  village  is  ntuated  on  the  right  bank  of 
the  Thamesa  about  kirty  mil^s  from  its  entrance. 
H|t|»>ke  St.  Clair.    Th^  town  was  ^uU|  by 
emigrants  from  Muakin^m»  and  ^coi|tained  at. 
thftin^  of  th|^  battle  nearly  lOOihou^es,  mostly; 
wqU>i^Ut.    thi5  j^y/  lohnScijIl^l^ 
'!'^^(?^'V'>«)^^.^^^i<^c^  here  as  a  inistton- 
ijry.    Mim  q^l|)M^ic^aj>|tafUs  sp^^  ^ri^lish— ^ 
there  was  a  school, bouse  aiid  a  chapel,    TJie 
fnrdens  were  luxuriant  9nd  cultivated  with  taste.: 
The  town  was  destroyed  as  well  as  the  com. 
fidds  in  Its  vicinityt  by  the  troops  previous  to 
their  leaviQgJt ,  Among  other  reasons  assignea 
tojustify  the  measure,  it  was  alledged  that  these 
Indians  had  been  among  the  foremost  in  massa* 
dekg  our  noeu  at  the  river  Kaisio.  ami  that  the 
town,  if  it  was  spared,  would  anofd  a  convenient 


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shelter  for  the  Britisb  allies  during  the  wint«p», 
and  from  which  they  could  easily  pass  iiito  the 
Michigan  territory  to  rob  and  murder  the  inhab* 
tants, 

I  have'  yet  to  learn,  that  it  is  either  good  pol- 
icy or  jusdce,  for  the  American  troops^  in  ever/ 
instance,  to  burn  the  Indian  towns  that  hH'  intO' 
their  power*  Are  the  Indians  to  be'  veclaimedi^ 
by  fire  ?    , 

.  General  Proctor  abandoned  hi»  army  at  die 
very  moment  Jbhnson'»re|jiment  beat  the  charged 
About  forty  drdgobns  kbcomjpanied  hint  as  » 
guard,  ^n  twenty.fotir  hours  he  Was  siatr^-fiv^ 
miles  hrom  thb  Moravian  town^  A  few  of  the* 
mounted  men  pursued  him^  ahd  at  one  ^im^  were^ 
within  one  hundred  yard^  oi  him,  but  th^f^  WlrtiP' 
too  veak  to  sttack,  tiis  guard*  I^  carrblge  dAf 
papers  were  taken* 

Three  wa^gqfis^^  loadra  with  specie  eseip)^ 
hvif.  might  have  been  oyeitakeh,  if.  prop^  |iieti|i^'' 
ures  had  been  taiten  to  pursue  the  fugitives,    A 
dep^t  of  three  fiundred  barrels  of  floui^  was  with<* 
in  a  day *s  march  of  tKe  Moi'ftvlait  iowtlJ   ;* ," 

The  iirmy  returned  to  Detroit.  Capt,  Elliot 
of  w  Ktagarai  volunteered  liis  services  Id  i^i^  ^ 


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t .  naiiral  expedition  againtt'  MichiHoNicklo- 
•c andfort  Si  Joseph ;  but  the  weather  proving 
uiifiivorHble  for  A^iumber  of  days  the  leaion  be* 
came  too  far  advanced  to  riak  the  squadron  M 
lake  ^urolt,  till  apring. 

While  QeB'  H^rriaoa  vaf  purauing  Proctoir 
up  the  Thaaiicf,  theOttawaa,  Cliippevaat  Pota*. 
wattimifa«  MiamieaaodKlckapooaf  propoaed  to 
Geo.  M' Arthur  aautpcnaion  ol  boatililieai  and  > 
agreed  to   M  takjii  bold  of  the  aaaof  tomahawllt 
with  the  4iDen|9i|i,  arid  loatirik^  all  wh^^r|a#f  • 
n^  be  enemies  of  the  Unite^  States.  Hrhether 
Bi^tiah  or  ii^%iis,**    They  broo|;bt  fo  their  wq-  : 
ittaiiifid  chtldrep  and  offered  them  as  hftltfifBa 
fofrtheirgood :  behavior. 

l^lieu^  Le  Brtj^on  arrived  fit  I>efroit  Ofi  An^t 
ibih,  bcfairifig  a  iag  aiid  a  letter  fron;  Geo.  Proc- 
lon|6  Cen.  Harrison.     This  latter  remieaivfl  btf-  ■ 
niaf|f:jr^tinKiit4o  dif ,  |r\&oiiers^  ana  a  rf»for4*  : 
tioa  oi  certain  property  and  jpapera  takeo  on  ihe 
5thf    As  the  letter  was  addressed  to  the  Geiier* 
ak!*^at\MoraviaR  towns,?  he  saw  no  reason  for 

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After  the  vftum  of  the  commander  in  chitf !»' 

Detroit,  Walk-in^the-wMtr,  who  hnd  been  id  die 

battle  of  the  Thamctf  cams'in  4oim(>lore  peace* 

When  he  crotmd  from  Sandwich,  the  white  (lag 

which  he  bore  in  his  hand  bad  attracted  a  great* 

crowd  to  the  wh«rf|  all  anvieua  to  get  a  mrar 

view  of  thia  disliinguiihed  chief.     I  wta  strucfc' 

With  admiratU>n  at  the  finniiesa  and  apparent  non* ' 

cbahinfie  with  which  be  ascended  the  bank  and 

pwied  thcdughthe  ranks  of  the  Kentucky  volun* : 

te^ra,  wfiom  he  had  to  gallantlf  opposed  inbattfe" 

biit  a  tew  day*^  before.  1  Ae wr  saw-  more  real  dig^i 

nhfof  naitiagf,  or  a'  niore'  stHking"  ilrmneas  o£ 

caHiitMifiiiice.    Yet  his  sititiittofi^'wbs  'cahHllated^ 

to  depress  his  spirits  and  produce  humiri^i    Hia^ 

IdWf  ivaftinthe  ^wcr   of  the  AmeeUaQftN-^tKe 

British  were  all  taken  ;  the  Indiana  bad  tost  sufi^^ 

ia«(|  aa^PSnal  defbat^-^ahnbat  all  other  chieft  had^ 

stt6tiiil«KK— hewaa  withoft tite nsean*  c^  H^j^ 

or  resisonee  i  •tiU  bis  ^Banner  was  thatof  a.coo» 

qnerori^ 

^    Gov.  Shelby's  corps  and  twelve  raonth^svblu 

unleers^  were  all  honorabljr  discharged,    l^iiv* 

tlUng  became  ^e^  andbimnessat  Detrotibegai^^ 

to  resume  its  wonted  course,  but  ^c  fifii^^4ti^<^^ 
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thing  to  eit,  drink  or  wear.  Whiskey  told  at 
4  dulls  a  gallon,  beef  at  24  cents  a  pound,  cheese 
at  66  do, — butter  75  do— potatoes  two  dollars  « 
bushel.  The  army  was  well  supplied  with  ra- 
tions, as  were  also  about  three  hundred  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Michigan,  and  about  two  thousand  ^ 
Indians,  men,  women,  and  children,  who  had  no 
other  means  of  subsistence*  Adventurers  soon 
came  on  with  a  sufficient  supply  of  dry  goods. 

On- the  2  id  of  October,  Gen.  Harrison,  with 
all  his  disposable  regular  troops,  cmburkvd  on 
board  the  fleet  and  sailed  for  Buffalo,  in  obedi 
f  nee  to  orders  from  the  secretary  of  war.  fic 
irious  to  his  departure,  he  appointed  Cen.  Cass 
.proyisional  Governor  of  the  Michigan  territory— 
the  civil  ordinances  as  they  stood  at  Hull's  sur- 
render were  proclnimed  in  force.  Gen.  Cass 
JUP  left  with  about  one  thousand  men,  not  more 
than  seven  hundred  of  whom  were  etfective-* 
The  men  were  industriously  employed  in  prepar- 
ing winter  quarters  at  the  fort.  The  Scorpion 
and  0|kio  schooners  were  engaged  in  transport* 
ing  supplies  frorti  Erie  and  Cleveland,  for  tht 
trpop&  during  winter.  Troops  weie  stationed  at 
Maklen  and  (Sandwich.— The  camimign  cluieA 


